Non-institutional student graffiti: social and psychological peculiarities

The article deals with social and psychological peculiarities, and graffiti mentality as of a mass social and psychological phenomenon. Graffiti is any inscription or drawing - a written utterance of non-institutional character. The present work provides the results of the author's approach to typologize graffiti into: numerical, symbolical, graphic and discourse. The types and features of graffiti mentality are described, the comparative analysis of higher and vocational training educational establishments graffiti of Samara is carried out.