Ph.D. (Candidate) of Sociological Sciences,
a senior lecturer of Political and Social Sciences
department of Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University
e-mail: talanov_sergei@mail.ru
The author examined into the influence of social network services (facebook.com, odnoklassniki.ru, vkontakte.ru, ICQ, etc.) on students’ personality development. Specific sociological research took place, the students were it’s object. Some results of this research are displayed.
Key words: social network services, students’ educational needs, forming of students’ value orientations and cognitive needs