E- Global Congress Hosted online from Dubai, U. A. E., E - Conference. Date: 30th August 2025 Website: https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc ISSN (E): 2836-3612 16 | P a g e THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN CHANGING YOUTH'S WORLDVIEW Nazarov Ravshan Nazarovich Asian University of Technologies Teacher of the Department of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies Phone: +998973162962 ravshannazarov34@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5497-8298 Abstract The article analyzes the influence of social networks on the formation of youth worldview, their place and role in society, and the impact of the positive and negative aspects of social networks on the spiritual image of a person. At the same time, the importance of obtaining information and the views formed on the transmission of information through social networks are analyzed from various aspects. Keywords: Social media, information attacks, sabotage, nefarious purposes, immorality, lack of spirituality and culture, indifference, information warfare, moral threat. "I am absolutely opposed to the formation of the minds and worldviews of our children not on the basis of our world and national literature, which has been tested for centuries and is a source of high spirituality, but on the basis of harmful information that our youth are instilling in their minds, ideas that are alien to us."[1] Today, life is developing rapidly, and the role of social networks is of great importance. At the same time, we can see that the influence of social networks in the formation of the worldview of young people is becoming more and more noticeable. We can see that social media has both positive and negative effects on the worldview of young people. For example, if we look at the positive aspects, social media helps young people not to be confined to a certain shell, but another aspect is that it helps them to freely express their opinions and worldviews. https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc mailto:ravshannazarov34@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5497-8298 E- Global Congress Hosted online from Dubai, U. A. E., E - Conference. Date: 30th August 2025 Website: https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc ISSN (E): 2836-3612 17 | P a g e Today, information technologies, which are rapidly developing in the world, are used by almost all people on earth. On the one hand, these achievements have made a huge contribution to the worldview of young people and the development of all humanity, but on the other hand, they have a negative impact on the national spirituality and traditions of humanity. It is also worth noting that social networks are serving as the basis for the development of information attacks. Most of its victims are young people. Because they are the most active in these processes. Things seem easy through social networks, and many of those who fall under its influence are developing various vices such as corruption, evil goals, immorality, lack of spirituality and lack of culture, and unrest in society is increasing. In addition, social networks are a very convenient and effective tool for widely promoting terrorist activities. It is very sad that young people are becoming indifferent. “Indifference can also become increasingly strong and gradually acquire social significance. A father who yesterday did not say anything about his child’s immorality may today turn a blind eye to the crimes of members of society, and a family head who did not care about his son’s morality may today be indifferent to the fact that some of his compatriots are easily caught in the trap of misguided movements and missionaries.”[2] In today's globalization processes, the dangerous aspect of the spiritual threat is increasingly increasing. The spiritual threat does not choose language, religion, or nationality, it always attracts people with poor spirituality and narrow worldviews. Internet networks are a very convenient, cheap and easy tool in this regard. If any nation loses its national spirit, values, traditions, and most importantly, national spirituality, if that nation is deprived of its identity, then an opportunity is created in that society to freely implement its own malicious intentions. But to counter such negative processes, enriching the spiritual world of people is a very important task. In this, the family plays a very important role. As I.A. Karimov noted, “It is natural for all of us to understand that if the family is healthy, the society is strong, and if the society is strong, the country is stable”[3]. That is why national spirituality has been developed by families. To prevent such negative events, it is necessary, first of all, to form knowledge and skills about national spirituality in families. It is a pity that as a result of the increasing spread of information attacks in the processes of globalization, the level of crime https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc E- Global Congress Hosted online from Dubai, U. A. E., E - Conference. Date: 30th August 2025 Website: https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc ISSN (E): 2836-3612 18 | P a g e among young people remains high. The factor that causes this situation is the fact that most people do not give up old thinking patterns. “The belief in one’s own unquestionable rightness, that one alone knows the truth, creates the basis for the emergence of religious extremism, characterized by a tendency to resort to extreme measures – acts of violence.”[4] It is clear from this that one of our top priorities must be to shape the attitudes and feelings of all people in our society towards the national idea, national spirituality, national values, and the understanding of national identity. Currently, the global threat is becoming increasingly severe in the world. It is unfortunate that as a result of this, "Mass Culture" is also developing, and this is due to the great role of the Internet in an information society. This directly has a very negative impact on national spirituality. In short, it is natural for all of us to know that if the family is healthy, then the society is strong, and if the society is strong, then the country is stable. Our most important goal is to have ideological immunity in order to fight against all spiritual threats and all information attacks. It is known that today, the view that the owner of information, who can search, find, create, analyze and distribute information, owns the world, has risen to the level of reality. However, in most cases, they are used for negative rather than positive purposes. Those who search for, create and distribute information have been implementing nefarious goals for their own interests. This is what is meant by “Information War” in the world. What is “Information War”? It is something that negatively affects the spiritual world of humanity through various games on social networks. The concept of Flashmob is often found in the information world. The dictionary meaning of this word means “moment”, “crowd”. It is clear that putting everyone in danger through the entire crowd serves to achieve various goals through the crowd. In addition, various films are being produced on the Internet, which has a great impact on national spirituality by filling the minds and hearts of young people with various foreign ideas. Unfortunately, it is no secret that the abundance of films transmitted and promoted through Internet networks has been affecting people's behavior, spirituality, culture and, of course, morality. As a result, a selfish mood is being formed among young people. Social media has a different impact on the worldview of young people. It can also be explained by the fact that the worldview of individuals in society is becoming more diverse and diverse. https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc E- Global Congress Hosted online from Dubai, U. A. E., E - Conference. Date: 30th August 2025 Website: https://eglobalcongress.com/index.php/egc ISSN (E): 2836-3612 19 | P a g e This, in turn, has served to create various problems. For example: everyone thinks they are smart; the concept of mutual respect is disappearing; they think they are superior to everyone; everyone thinks they are right; it can be observed that negative problems are emerging. It can be seen that a negative process such as "arrogance" begins to emerge and the individual begins to put his "self" above everything else. In such processes, the pride, honor, dignity of the nation, and even the language of the nation, become of no importance. Attention to language in society becomes extremely insignificant. This, in turn, serves as the basis for the disintegration of society, and as a result, instability arises in the spirituality of the individual. We can see that the emergence of many forms of social networks is having a huge impact on the worldview of young people. As a result, this can be explained by the fact that spiritual slavery and a narrowing of the worldview are becoming increasingly common, and a person feels easy and does not feel any sense of responsibility in achieving the goals he sets for himself throughout his life. In fact, a person must feel and remain influenced by the social and natural environment that surrounds him. In other words, in the process of his own development, he must always feel that he is both a subject and an object, and he must use social networks wisely in a rapidly developing world. This determines the emergence of another important philosophical problem related to the realization of his potential and the search for the meaning of life. Literature 1. Shavkat Mirziyoev. Toshkent shahri saylovchilar vakillari bilan uchrashuvdagi nutq. Simpoziumlar saroyi. 2016-yil 24-noyabr. 2. Aydarbek Tulapov “Internetga in qurgan o`rgimchaklar” Toshkent-2014 3. 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