SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF SPIRITUAL VALUES AMONG YOUTH IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Abstract

This article examines how social media platforms contribute to the reconfiguration of spiritual values among youth in the information age. While traditional spiritual frameworks have historically been grounded in religious institutions, family structures, and cultural heritage, digital environments introduce new modes of meaning-making, identity construction, and moral interpretation. Using a qualitative conceptual and socio-philosophical approach, the study analyzes how algorithmic mediation, online communities, and participatory digital culture reshape spiritual consciousness. The findings suggest that social media does not eliminate spirituality but transforms it into individualized, hybrid, and network-based forms. The article concludes that youth spirituality in the digital era is increasingly decentralized, fluid, and shaped by continuous exposure to global symbolic systems