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Профессиональное онлайн-сообщество российских социологов: тематики обсуждений и структура социальных взаимодействий
The article regards the topics of discussions and the structure of social interactions in the online professional community of sociologists. Based on the texts of the publications, the authors of the study identify 18 discussion topics and determine the structural type of the online community (“core-periphery”) us-ing the blockmodeling methodology. This allows distinguishing 3 groups of partici-pants: the “core” participants who are is interested in all topics, the “semi-periph-ery” participants who mostly send invita-tions to events, and the “periphery” par-ticipants interested in the expertise and knowledge of the colleagues. Within the core, there is also a group of participants discussing the topics of professional ac-tivity and identity. Core members interact with all members of the online commu-nity, including less active members of the group, and can act as an integrating force for the entire professional online community of sociologists.