Communication in Social Networks: Factors of Potential Conflicts
Social networks are a relatively new type of communication that has its own specificity. The article raises the problem of communication in the social network in terms of potentialconflicts. The analysis of modern judicial practice has shown that the number of proceedings in which communication in the social network has played a significant role is increasing. The factors of network interaction that influence the emergence and development of conflict are considered. The factors of conflict communication in social networks include the following: 1) lack of differentiation between the features publicity/ privacy, resulting from the hybridization of language models and means of public and private communication; 2) lack of non-verbal means of communication, which is partly, but not fully enough, compensated through specific ideographic sign system ofthe Internet communication; 3) round-the-clock network availability and, in this regard,extended communication time, which generatesunlimited communication,provoking decrease of self-control and diversity in time; 4) the weakening of traditional ethical prohibitions for communicationat distance as a result of an attempt to use various images and cultural codes that reflect them in face-to-face communication, including those that differ from those inherent to face-to-face communication; 5) stylistic degradation of the speech culture of communication, manifested in two types: the use of lower-range vocabulary to imitate colloquial discursive practice and the use of colloquial, slang, taboo language units for the purpose of speech aggression,verbal insult. Awareness of the causes of speech conflicts in social networks, often leading to the violation of legal rules and to legal proceedings, minimizes the risk of its occurrence and makes it possible to get the maximum benefit from the new communication means provided by the technological progress.