Aleksandr Babkin

This paper discusses the issues of regional public policy formation in the Internet. The authors emphasize the necessity of interaction of regional authorities with social networks in the context of one of the ways to develop public policy in the Volgograd region.

This article considers the social group of new settlers as the rotors of social capital formation. The author characterizes online sites that identify themselves with new micro districts. It is suggested to use online communities as agents of the public policy in the Volgograd region.