Network Communications as a Tool for Social and Economic Development

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200502.015How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ICT, region, digitalization, social inequality, Internet, northern regions

Abstract

The process of digitalization of society studying has taken a stable position in scientific research, which led to the formation of a wide object-subject palette, the search for an adequate methodological and methodical basis for scientific research. Virtual social networks are becoming zones of the creation of new forms of social and human capital, which in turn accelerates the process of forming information societies. Social networks are a full-fledged tool in communication between various subjects of interpersonal and social relations. This is due to the presence in the networks of a specific target audience and the ability to quickly exchange information. The development of network communities is aimed at the formation of social capital, and this, in turn, affects the reduction of social inequality due to communications, i.e. it makes people join this system. Today, the history of the emergence and development, the prospects for the functioning of social networks are gradually turning into one of the urgent areas of scientific research, and is of interest to representatives of various sciences: from philosophers, sociologists, economists, to specialists in the field of ICT. The article provides an overview of studies of ICT dynamics in Russia and its regions. The analysis of implementation and promotion practices in various spheres of citizens’ life is presented. Conclusions are made about the problems and role of network communities in innovative socio-economic development in the context of the digital inequality of the regions. The information sources of the article were materials from the POF (Public Opinion Foundation), IIS (Institute for the Development of the Information Society), research results of Russian and foreign scientists and analysts, various Internet sites.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - A.A. Morozov
AU  - T.V. Morozova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/05
TI  - Network Communications as a Tool for Social and Economic Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Management Trends and the Digital Economy: from Regional Development to Global Economic Growth” (MTDE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 97
EP  - 101
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200502.015
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