Anna Sherbina

The article reveals the essence of the concepts of «infantilism» and especially its manifestations in youth studied sotsiokultrunye background infantilization. The reasons infantilization large social groups: the distortion of the social and political reality through the media and social media, the destruction of the main institutions of socialization. It substantiates the importance of rebirth on a qualitatively new level of socialization of youth mechanisms to reduce the risks of its infantilization.