THE USE OF MEDIA IN SPIRITUAL AND MORAL EDUCATION OF MODERN RUSSIAN YOUTH

Abstract

This article examines the importance of mass media in the formation of the youth social group’s spiritual and moral aspects. The main types of mass media are analyzed highlighting their positive and negative aspects, as well as describing their distinctive features. The work carries out a brief analysis of TV channels and TV programs raising the level of young people’s spirituality and morality and considers the consequences of mass media’s influence on young people’s development. The authors present the results of the research into mass media’s role and influence on the process of young people’s legal education. The authors conclude that the main task of all kinds of media should be to develop sustainable knowledge in the youth environment about the spiritual and moral side of their development.