Rumors in the Russian segment of the internet: social and social-engineering aspects

In the beginning of XXI century the Internet develops very fast, the Internet audience increases, forms and ways of connection to the global network become simpler. At the same time rumours keep the importance and traditional forms of communications in our society. Rumours do not stop their existence with the development of informative and communicative technologies, and, on the contrary, they effectively adapt to conditions of an informative society and superfast mass media.