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VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS AS PHENOMENON OF INFORMATION SOCIETY
Mikhel' Daniil Vladimirovich
Saint Petersburg State University
Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of virtual social networks in modern information society and to the identification of their features and characteristics. The author carries out the analysis of virtual social networks as an attribute of information society and a special form of communication space, reveals the essence of virtual reality in everyday life, considers the problem of society virtualization, evaluates the role and influence of computer technologies in a post-modern human’s life.
Key words and phrases: виртуальные социальные сети, компьютерная виртуальная реальность, информационное общество, интернет-сообщество, виртуализация, virtual social networks, computer virtual reality, information society, online community, virtualization
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