Digitalization of city and digital copetencies of citizens

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Keywords:

economic sociology, town, urban environment, digital transformation, smart city, technostress, digital competencies, professional competencies
Supporting Agencies
The research was conducted by the grant of the Belarusian Republican Fundamental Research grant (contract No. G20R-109 dated 04.05.2020); the research topic «The effects of digital transformation on the labour activity of the urban population (on the example of Minsk and Saint Petersburg)».

Abstract

The article is aimed to analyse the tendencies of digital transformation of the temporary city. A sociological reconceptualisation of the term «smart city» is proposed, various stages in the evolution of the theoretical ideas about a smart city are distinguished. Based on empirical data, the key areas of digitalisation of the urban environment, as well as the social risks associated with these processes are identified (first of all, technostress as difficulties in adapting to a new digital reality). The article concludes with analysis of the role of the urban environment as a factor in the formation of digital competencies of citizens in everyday and professional practices.

Author Biographies

  • Еlena V. Lebedeva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of communication and public relations, faculty of journalism

  • Anna I. Deniskina, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    researcher

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2020-09-29

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No. 3 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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Lebedeva .Е.V. and Deniskina, A.I. 2020. Digitalization of city and digital copetencies of citizens. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 3 (Sep. 2020), 101–110. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2020-3-101-110.