Категории «экстремизм» и «терроризм» в социальных представлениях студенчества (по результатам социальнопсихологического исследования)
Categories “extremism” and “terrorism” in the social perceptions of students (based on the results of a socio-psychological study)

Summary/Abstract: The relevance of this research is due to the need to disclose the essential aspects of social ideas of students about various manifestations of extremism in order to develop effective strategies and tactics to counter the spread of the ideology of violence among young people. The purpose of the study is to establish the peculiarities of the social ideas of student youth in the region about extremism and terrorism. Research objectives: to determine the content and structural characteristics of students’ social perceptions of terrorism and extremism; to identify the dynamics of changes in social ideas about these asocial phenomena. The main research method was a questionnaire survey, which was carried out based on the Ivanovo State Power University, a sample of 141 students aged 18 to 22 years. To identify the structure and content of social ideas about categories, the method of P. Verges was used. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that the central component of students’ social ideas about terrorism and extremism is similar in content, contains a list of specific illegal actions, the consequence of which is death, victims, destruction. Terrorism in the minds of young people clearly has a negative emotional connotation and is characterized by a negative emotional state. The lack of formation of the idea of extremism in the everyday consciousness of young people was revealed. Extremism is interpreted and comprehended through the concept of terrorism, in some cases through extreme behavior. The youth perception of extremism is transforming from an overt, open phenomenon to a more secretive and indefinite one. The emotional attitude of young people to manifestations of extremism changes from anger to fear. Islam is mentioned in the area of potential changes in the social perception of terrorism, which shows a possible tendency towards the formation of prejudice.

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