Problems of information support for state youth policy in youth assessments

   The relevance it is determined by the need to form adequate representations of state policy practices in relation to young people and the insufficient effectiveness of media support for youth projects and programs.

   The purpose it is to diagnose the specifics of young people's representations regarding the information component of the state youth policy system.

   Objectives: to establish the current level of awareness of young people about the practices of state youth policy; to determine whether or not they are interested in receiving information about youth projects and programs; to analyze preferred sources of information about initiatives of state youth policy; to diagnose the most convenient formats of information messages; to study young people's ideas about promising areas for improving the media component of the state youth policy system. politics.

   Methodology. The empirical basis of the work was formed by the data obtained during the author's sociological research conducted in the Kursk region in 2024 by the method of focus group interviews. The respondents were young people aged from 15 to 26: students of general education institutions, students of higher education institutions, working youth.

   Results. Consist in the fact that the current system of information support for youth projects and programs is not quite optimal. This situation is determined, firstly, by the fact that most of the specialists working with young people do not have specialized education, and they also do not have the necessary competencies to organize effective media support for youth initiatives. Secondly, the barrier is the attitudes of young people themselves, who lack trust in the authorities and do not believe that their media resources can meet their information needs and interests.

   Conclusions. In our opinion, when organizing media support for youth projects and programs, it is necessary to take into account the following circumstances: to develop a differentiated network of media resources, use hybrid interaction models, take into account the cognitive characteristics of modern youth, and improve the professional development system for staff working with youth.

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