Abstract
The article presents a focused analysis of the Russian-language scientific literature of the first decades of the twenty-first century on the problems of the development of social informatics in Russia. The authors have shown that the multidimensionality of social informatics causes an increasing interdisciplinary research interest in the professional community and is divided into four directions. First, researchers refined the conceptual foundations of social informatics. The second direction is devoted to the study of information resources in their dynamics. The third direction considers and analyses digital traces and their use under the conditions of digital transformation. The fourth direction is devoted to the problems of children and young people in the information environment. The authors achieve intermediate results. Firstly, the clarification of the conceptual basis of the study of social informatics is due to the public demand for comprehensive informatization. Secondly, interest in information resources is due to the need for effective organization of data series in information systems. Thirdly, the accounting and analysis of digital traces and their use are due to the public need for collective security. Fourthly, it is necessary to observe the problems of perception and use of digital technologies by children and young people, as well as their socialization in the developing information society. Finally, the authors conclude that the potential of social informatics is increased by an interdisciplinary interest in qualitative changes in Russian society in the context of digital transformation.
Highlights
The term “social informatics” has been introduced repeatedly in the context of rethinking the content of this field of study (Smutny and Vehovar, 2020)
The objectives of this review are to determine the semantic charge of key concepts in social informatics, such as information resources and the information society, in the context of digital transformation, to consider relevant and contentious issues, and to systematize the key features of each of these social informatics topics solely within the Russian-language segment of scientific publications devoted to research questions in social informatics
Structural, semantic and contextual analysis allows us to determine the main directions within the topic of social informatics, namely, the social and technological processes that determine the development of information resources, information capacity and information society
Summary
The term “social informatics” has been introduced repeatedly in the context of rethinking the content of this field of study (Smutny and Vehovar, 2020). The multifaceted nature of the term “social informatics” allows us to consider it an umbrella term that unites the views and ideas of researchers who seek to understand the role of digital technologies in society, predict the evolution of society and find ways to reduce the negative impact of digital technologies. Technologies intuitively understood as synonyms have different names in different historical eras: computer technology, information technology and digital technology. The process of adapting these technologies was called differently in different historical eras: computerization, informatization and digitization. The term “digital transformation” has become the defining term for the productive adaptation of digital technologies. The subject, status, range of main problems, applications, methods and limits of the application of the solutions are changing
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