Teenager in a digital environment: patterns and risks

The life of modern teenagers is significantly different from that of their peers from previous generations. It is characterized by digital socialization, the transformation of the conflict of “fathers and children” into a confrontation between digital “aborigines” and “immigrants”, as well as changes in the socio-cultural patterns of adolescents in terms of communication and leisure practices. The aim of the article is to accumulate the results of scientific research investigating the peculiarities of the communication process of modern teenagers in the digital society, and to consider the problems that arise for this age group in the process of socialization, which takes place against the background of the global digitalization of modern life. The materials of the work can be used for further research into the relevant subculture of young people, and can also be used by specialists in the implementation of electronic technologies and services, or those involved in pedagogy or child and adolescent advocacy.