The Educational Potential of Social Media in the Context of the Formation of Legal Culture in Modern Russia

The rapid development of information technology has led to changes in the practices of education and self-education, the emergence of new opportunities and resources for the continuous development of skills that are important for everyday life. The purpose of the article is to assess the educational potential of social media. In the course of the research, the classification of social media in terms of the features of their use in education was carried out. It was found that social media make a new organizational form of educational activity, the characteristic features of which made it possible to define it as «participate education». A SWOT analysis of the educational potential of social media was carried out, as a result of which conclusions were drawn regarding the further development of education using social media, including in the context of the formation of a legal culture.