Reading culture as the formation of moral and aesthetic immunity in youth

The article describes the introduction of the young generation to high literary art, the role of books and reading as such, as a more complex cognitive process that requires the connection of fantasy and imagination, an associative array, is an important factor in the humanization and further development of the entire society, as well as a necessary condition for development, both personal and national culture. Thus, the relevance of this study lies in the fact that it is a definite response to the changing needs of modern society in its socio-cultural layer. The book itself, as it loses its significance before other sources of the necessary moral and aesthetic information, such as, first of all, television and the Internet. Actually, many studies have already been carried out to answer the question of why young people stopped reading books, what became the source of their social and cultural education, and so on [6]. Therefore, we are interested in researching the specific literary preferences of young people, that is, the answer to the question “If young people read, then what and how?”, Especially since the topic of enthusiasm for literature among young people remains poorly studied. In addition, the study will show what the modern orientation of the information and library service system should be in accordance with the book needs of young people. We emphasize that this problem is both objective and epistemological in nature, especially since the decrease in the volume of the read literature of the younger generation, together with a change in tastes and literary preferences from a higher to a rather entertaining character of the narrative, speaks of the loss of the value of the book as the most important source of transmission of moral, aesthetic and educational information in comparison with others.