Transformation of the Russian language and speech in terms of the network society

The article is concerned with the reasons of deviation of the Internet-communication from the norms of the Russian literature language. Peculiarities of the already set oral-written form of communication of the network society and its possible changes are considered in the article. The author analyzes factors having an effect on the functioning of the language in the Internet at the lexical and syntactical levels and reviews measures, taken by the government on preserving the Russian language.