Social networks become a full-fledged tool in communication between various subjects of interpersonal and social relations. This is due to the presence in the networks of a specific target audience and the possibility of a rapid information exchange. Today the historical background and the prospects for the social networks functioning are gradually turning into one of the most interesting research priorities, and are of interest to different scientists such as philosophers, sociologists, economists, to ICT experts etc. The article reviews the research of network communities’ dynamics in Russia and its regions. We analyze the practices of introducing and promoting ICT in various spheres of people's life. We show a statistical estimation of the user's activity in Russian segment of the Internet considering interregional comparisons by the example of the North-West Federal District and the Republic of Karelia. We draw conclusion about problems and the role of networked communities in innovative social and economic development in conditions of digital inequality of regions. Data of Public Opinion Foundation and Institute of the Information Society, the results of the research performed by Russian and foreign scientists and analysts and the Internet site became information sources of the article.
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