Open AccessDigital society: sociological perspective
Author(s) -
Дарья Егоровна Добринская
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik moskovskogo universiteta. seriâ 18, sociologiâ i politologiâ/vestnik moskovskogo universiteta. seriâ 18. sociologiâ i politologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-8769
pISSN - 1029-3736
DOI - 10.24290/1029-3736-2019-25-4-175-192
Subject(s) - modernity , sociology , interpretation (philosophy) , social connectedness , perspective (graphical) , social science , network society , sociological theory , epistemology , sociological imagination , late modernity , sociological research , contemporary society , computer science , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , programming language
Based on the analysis of various theoretical positions in the framework of modern sociological theory, the article attempts to identify and describe the most important features of modern society. These features result from scientific and technical innovations of the first two decades of the 21st century, which are unprecedented in their scale and speed. The first part of the article discusses the factors that determine peculiarities of the observed social trends and changes. Further, within the Triple Revolution concept, these factors receive a sociological interpretation. It is concluded that modernity can be read through its basic characteristics such as: growing complexity of the social system, mobility, network expansion, increased connectedness and digitalization. These characteristics of modernity demonstrate the onset of the era of digital society.