The discussions in social media and e-democracy: research tools development
In this paper, authors give the overview of theoretical and methodical basements for sociometry studies in the field of virtual communities, forming by social networks users, and give the example of such research with computerized methods. Authors describe results of the research project, implemented in St.Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (University ITMO). Research team created Web-Oriented Research and Educational Center in the field of Social Dynamics and Its Applications and fulfilled probation studies of several virtual communities in social networks.