Since the advent of the first semblance of the Internet, a little more than 50 years have passed - less than the life of one generation. But today it’s hard to imagine the life of mankind without it. In modern times, the Internet has ceased to be something like virtual reality. Gradually, without noticing it, people transferred their whole lives to the network. Internet commerce, mail, instant correspondence, electronic payments, online purchases give an accurate understanding of what the community of consumers and manufacturers created by the World Wide Web is the main direction in which humanity will develop.
Community transformation
First of all, the understanding of the term "community" has changed. Nowadays, global communities of Internet users and social networks are made up of people who are united not by geographical boundaries, but by interests. Previously, it was difficult to imagine such a thing, since restrictions in the location of people played a huge role and left a big imprint on lifestyle and thinking. Based on this, we can make bold conclusions that the Internet community is a group of people that share common interests, ultimate goals, a desire to receive some information or some kind of final product created as a result of cooperation.
New values
With a deeper penetration of the Internet into our lives, it came to the realization that such a community as social networks is able to give people new values, to educate the correct ideology among the younger generation. Concentrating on social networks, uniting in various "Internet circles" of interests, young people unwittingly protect themselves from the entire stream of dirty information that they can easily drown in. In this regard, the issue of not protecting children and adolescents from the Internet seems relevant. which is almost impossible. The key moment will be a push in the right direction, which can be achieved by developing and creating communities of VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and other social networks.
Social Media Communities
The huge interest of the population in social networks has already led to the emergence of various interest groups that are created within various resources for communication. The advantage of such associations is that such a community of people allows users to be united from around the world. Thus, a single structure for the transfer of information, experience, free expression of thoughts is created, which helps a lot when solving ordinary and urgent issues. Also, a community on a social network allows people to express their thoughts, get rid of accumulated aggression by formulating their claims on the forums. Such a form of communication satisfies the need of youth in self-expression and in “being heard and understood”.
What can communities give to the younger generation?
The relevance of the development of such associations is also expressed in the following:
- Communities help to understand themselves and the nature of human behavior. They also help fight such a “killer of human peace” as a feeling of loneliness. Just enter the phrase in the search engine, as soon as you find an interesting page that will help you usefully kill time and forget about loneliness.
- Communities help find a way out of this situation. Often a person is faced with problems that are difficult for him to cope without experience and relevant knowledge. The price of error is very high, and there are no impartial people around who could help with the right advice. Communities and social networks act in this situation as an invisible mediator and assistant.
- Another advantage is that such a community helps to hear public opinion and find oneself in society. This fact is useful for statistical analysis of freely expressed public opinion by posting various questionnaires on the websites. Everyone will be heard regardless of gender, race, religion.
- Being a “side” consequence of the advent of the Internet, online communities nowadays appear to users in the form of a new platform where you can start implementing new business ideas and creative plans.
VKontakte communities
In the post-Soviet space, VKontakte social network is of great interest. This fact is confirmed by the trust of more than 56 million users who visit up to 3 trillion pages in just a day. The most active Internet users create here communities on various original topics.
There are so many communities that even special third-party services have been created to track statistics on site visits and create a rating for ordinary users. Such services help travelers on the World Wide Web to navigate when choosing a VKontakte community that can provide the information they need and deserve their attention.