Psychoanalytic Approach to the Analysis of Group Processes in Instagram

The blogger is gaining more and more popularity. In the search for blogs for psychoanalytic analysis, three pages were selected. The scientific novelty of the work is as follows: - U. Bion's concept of groups is applied to the analysis of group behavior, group processes in social networks; - it was revealed that the behavior pattern of the "hip-hop" in the social network is modified to "you can beat and stay": the participant-user, giving sharp assessments to other participants ("Bey") can leave the community, but more often remains in it; It has been shown that members of social communities, as a rule, construct their identity, creating different I-images and representing them to the community, thereby being able to manipulate people and simultaneously experiment with themselves, their ego; It has been revealed that the blogger is perceived by the community as a reference person, due to which, on the one hand, his responsibility for his behavior increases and, on the other hand, the members of the community become vulnerable. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that the results obtained about the behavior of people in social communities will allow more accurately diagnose and analyze, study both group processes in social networks and the behavior of individual subjects; this, in turn, provides the opportunity to provide psychological assistance to those in need (counseling) and organize training in the field of behavior in the Internet space and in the field of security of staying in a virtual environment, in particular. Text structure: this work consists of an introduction, two chapters, two figures, a conclusion and a list of references.