The Influence of Modern Media on the Perception of Student Youth Events in the Middle East (on the Materials of Sociological Poll)
The article deals with features of perception by student's youth of the events in the Middle East covered by modern mass media. Authors of article organized and conducted sociological survey in several higher education institutions of the city of Krasnodar during which the highlights concerning a problem of trust of youth to information from different media were designated. Results of a research allowed to determine the level of knowledge of students and those factors which have an impact on youth estimates of dynamics of development of the situation in the studied region; reveal what media are the main sources of obtaining information; find what sort information students receive about events in the Middle East; learn about a role of participation of Russia in settlement of the international conflicts and about forming of sense of patriotism; define features of perception of the Middle East region in consciousness of student's youth. During the research cross-disciplinary approaches, methods of statistical analysis and also system, comparative and structurally functional approaches were used. The results of the sociological survey are of interest to the scientific community and make us pay attention to many tasks that will be solved in the near future at the level of world politics. The survey data can be used to study the further development of the situation in the Middle East, to study aspects of its reflection in various types of media and the degree of media influence on the course and development of the conflict. The scope of application of the obtained data of the conducted research is applied directions of political science, expanding the general scientific tools and practice; preparation of recommendations for public authorities and educational institutions on the education and training of students.