SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF YOUTH INTERNET-COMMUNITY FUNCTIONING

Abstract

The article provides a view on the methodological issues of scientific research into Internet-communities. There is an outline of the results of the sociological research focusing at the functional features about youth Internet-communities. There is also an analysis of a social image of a typical user in the nowadays Internet-community.

Keywords

• социологическое исследование
• интернет-сообщество
• методология исследо-вания
• социальный портрет
• виртуальные сети
• sociological research
• internet-community
• research methodology
• social image