Digital transformation of a big city as an object of sociological analysis

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Keywords:

urban environment, smart city, digital transformation, empirical indicators, digital types of citizens
Supporting Agencies
The study was supported by the grant of the BRFFR grant (contract No. G 20К-109 dated 04/05/2020) the research topic “The effects of digital transformation on the labor activity of the urban population (on the example of Minsk and St. Petersburg)”.

Abstract

The article presents a sociological analysis of the digital transformation phenomenon (the case of Minsk). The chronology of the stages of the formation of scientific discourse about this phenomenon (automation, digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation) is described. Specific indicators of the sociological dimension of the digital transformation of the city based on empirical data are proposed (the ratio of digital and traditional methods of solving applied problems, the exit of digital technologies beyond their utilitarian use, motivation for the development of new technologies). Using the obtained indicators, a typology of digital types of citizens is constructed.

Author Biography

  • 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

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2022-04-07

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No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Lebedeva .Е.V. 2022. Digital transformation of a big city as an object of sociological analysis. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Apr. 2022), 42–50. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2022-1-42-50.