Features of communication in social networks of Internet active teenagers

Senchenko V. V.

The article deals with the features of communication in virtual communities. The author notes that immersion in the virtual world can be disastrous for minors. The article analyzes various virtual communities and general features of communication in them. The paper highlights the main characteristics of social networks: instability, hierarchy and the installation of expert authority. In addition, the author notes that the specifics of interaction are changing and the consideration of communicative activities in the Internet space should take place in parallel with progress, and change when new methods of communication appear on the Internet. The author analyzes the interaction in deviant communities.

Keywords:virtual community, social networks, deviation, youth and adolescents, communication.