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81 These frameworks emphasize economic integration (career navigation), socio- cultural activity (volunteer initiatives), and educational innovation (ProSkills camps). By investing in these real-world activities and providing material incentives for civic engagement, the state can offer a compelling alternative to digital escapism, transforming marginalized digital consumers into active co-creators of social goods. Conclusion. The pervasive integration of algorithmic systems into the daily lives of youth represents a fundamental challenge to autonomous socialization. While media literacy remains a necessary tool, it is an insufficient shield against the behavioral engineering of modern platforms. Our Six-Level Hierarchical Model demonstrates that digital risks escalate rapidly from attention hijacking to severe offline harm. To build genuine resilience, state and educational policies must pivot from exclusively digital interventions to heavy investment in physical social infrastructure. Active socialization – through sports, revived community hubs, and structured offline engagement – acts as the ultimate ontological anchor. It restores cognitive autonomy by providing youth with authentic, unsimulated experiences, proving that the most effective response to the crisis of the virtual metaverse is a return to the undeniable reality of physical human connection. REFERENCES: 1. Boichuk, O., Lyebyedyeva, Y., Stadnyk, M., Mishchuk, A., & Shcherbin, L. (2023). Effectiveness of virtual space in the socialization process of teenagers (under martial law). Amazonia Investiga, 12(63), 266–276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.63.03.25 (дата звернення: 01.03.2026) 2. GfK Ukraine. (2023.). Every third Ukrainian communicates in social networks more than in person. VGOLOS. Retrieved from: URL: https://vgolos.ua/news/kozhen-tretij-ukrayinets-v-sotsmerezhah-spilkuyetsya- bilshe-nizh-vzhyvu_89556.html (дата звернення: 01.03.2026) 3. Han, B.-C. (2022). Non-things: Upheaval in the lifeworld (D. Steuer, Trans.). Polity Press.