In search of material for the diploma, I obtained a remarkable dissertation, which I recommend to anyone who deals with communities or studies them for educational purposes. Author: Bondarenko Sergey Vasilievich. SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF VIRTUAL NETWORK COMMUNITIES 350 pages of scientific material on the community, 500 sources of literature. Reads surprisingly easy for a scientific text, especially I recommend to pay attention to chapters 5 and 6. UPD Who knows more fundamental and applied literature, or throw materials in the comments. Maybe pick up the library. Link to download or here Chapter 1. Theoretical and methodological aspects of socio-structural analysis of virtual network communities, functioning in a cyberspace social system §1.1. The main characteristics of the social system of cyberspace required for analysis social structure of virtual network communities § 1.2. Methodological aspects of the analysis of the social structure of virtual network communities § 1.3. The genesis of the concept of "virtual network community" Chapter 2. Personality as an element of the structure of virtual network communities § 2.1. The concept of "personality" and the basic ideas about it in the sociology of virtual network communities § 2.2. Socialization of users in cyberspace § 2.3. Authority, leadership and social influence in virtual network communities. Social personality types Chapter 3. Means of social regulation of virtual network communities § 3.1. Social norms as an element of the structure of virtual network communities § 3.2. Informational stratification of actors as a means of social regulation § 3.3. Social control online and its impact on the social structure of virtual network communities Chapter 4. Patterns of communicative behavior as elements of the social structure of virtual network communities § 4.1. General characteristics of the communicative patterns of virtual network communities § 4.2. Patterns of social conflict and social change § 4.3. Patterns of deviant and delinquent behavior in cyberspace Chapter 5. Resources of the social structure of virtual network communities § 5.1. Trust and social navigation as resources of the social structure of virtual network communities § 5.2. Content as a resource element of the social structure § 5.3. Social time as a resource of social structure Chapter 6. The main forms of functioning of virtual network communities as social structures § 6.1. Virtual network communities: the foundations and principles of formation § 6.2. Criteria for the classification of virtual network communities as elements of the social structure of cyberspace § 6.3. Driving forces for the development of social groups in cyberspace, forms and methods for expanding the composition of virtual network communities