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Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of youth’s activity in social networks. Basing on psychological research the authors analyze the interconnection of youth’s activity in socium and in the virtual communities of the Internet network. The basic method of working with the members of the research was a survey. When processing its results the authors pay attention to the formation of such a phenomenon as Internet addiction among some of the participants.

Key words and phrases: молодежь, социальная активность, Интернет, сетевые сообщества, интернет-зависимость, youth, social activity, Internet, online communities, Internet addiction