Civil activism of youth in modern Russia: features of its manifestation in online and offline environments (based on the results of an empirical study)

The article presents the empirical results of the study focused on the Russian youth online and offline civic activism. The main collecting data method is a mass online survey of Russian youth. Correlation between the Russian young generation belonging to various clusters of protest potential (leaders, activists, involved, spectators) and the features of its civic activism in digital and real spaces are identified. The author makes conclusion on the high potential for the development of conventional forms of online network civic activity of Russian youth. The results of the study may be of interest to the relevant committees of the Russian State Duma and the Public Chamber; departments of government departments working with youth; universities. It also may contribute to the development of measures to overcome the destructive forms of youth political socialization, the formation of the attitudes to the conventional dialogue of the young generation with the government.