Influence of the online activities on the youth identity processes in the conditions of sociocultural risks

The article deals with role and place of the online activities in the youth identity in the conditions of sociocultural risks. It describes information and communication environment from the prospective of the modern science, revealing positive and negative aspects of its influence on the young people. Attention is paid to the specifics of the youth identity processes in the Northern Caucasus region. The authors substantiate efficiency of the detection and employment of the heuristic resources of the online activities in the complex nonlinear identity processes.