Regional youth and state authorities: assessment of digital participation and communication potential

Abstract

The article evaluates the digital participation of young people of Sverdlovsk region in cooperation with authorities. Based on the analysis of regulatory acts, focus groups (21 respondents) and content-analysis of media/ digital platforms low level of involvement was identified (integral index 2.62 points, 65.5%). Young people are skeptical about digital channels as an imitation of dialogue, and the authorities underestimate the potential of youth as a subject of governance. The phenomenon of "double alienation" is emerging, requiring a review of the region’s youth policy