The image of the world's largest cities: experience study in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet
The article reveals the experience of studying the image of the world's largest cities in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet based on the use of a set of methods and sources of information. The stability of interest in cities, their different popularity in the audience is assessed; the structure of the information array is characterized. The authors reveal a minimum of stereotypes, the presence of three qualitative categories in perception and a generally positive image of all centers. The use of an image-based approach in geo-urban studies based on the analysis of social media is assumed to have good prospects.