scholarly journals ACTUALIZATION OF EXTRA-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF INFORMATION SOCIETY IN NEW ECONOMY SYSTEM OF STATE, REGIONS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STRUCTURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (40) ◽  
pp. 506-513
Author(s):  
I. Yakushyk ◽  
L. Chervinskaya ◽  
T. Chervinskaya ◽  
О. Chumak ◽  
M. Kovalskyi
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Importance Rating ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economy System

Abstract. The article substantiates the actualization of extra-economic factors in context of transformation processes and globalization challenges of information development of socioeconomic relations. The need to study this part of the components is also associated with the processes of modernization, regresstion of moral and spiritual qualities, loss of cultural identity and originality in achieving individual and regional goals. The formation and establishment of these factors in the information society requires new coordinaton efforts from the state regarding the effectiveness of activity of economic entities. The purpose of the article is to identify the role and particularities of the influence of extra-economic factors on the development of the Ukrainian economy and society as a whole during informatization. Methods of research are used in the work are the following: scientific generalization (when systematizing various components of extraeconomic factors); abstract-logical and theoretical generalization (when formulating conclusions); comparison (in the process of identifying the degree of influence of individual factors); concretization (when clarifying the concept of extra-economic factors); systematization, sociological analysis (when determining the rating of the importance of factors), etc. The author’s clarification of the essence of extra-economic factors, which are presented mainly as moral and spiritual, creative components connected with consciousness by eternal human values, is carried out. The object of research is the partcularities of the formation of such socio-cultural components as political aspects, trust, information, culture, mentality, religion, format of generation of Millennials, which can be decisive in achieving the goals of social transformation and can also hinder the development of these processes during informatization. The particularities of the impact of extra-economic factors on the development of socio-economic processes and phenomena are outlined, in particular: increasing profitability and reducing business depenses, intensifying innovation, increasing employment, forming value-labor orientations of workers, overcoming loss of the employees’ personal identity, modernization, cultural-spiritual and economic reproduction, opportunities for alternative employment, etc. The results of a sociological study regarding the determination of importance rating of extra-economic factors, which allowed to determine the main positions of these factors in the social and labor attitudes of domestic respondents and to outline certain social creativity in the development of socio-economic processes. Keywords: information society, new economy system, extra-economic factors, trust, state and regions, entrepreneurship, innovations. JEL Classification D83, J22, O33 Formulas: 0; fig.: 0; tabl.: 2; bibl.: 22.

scholarly journals Formation of information culture of society in the conditions of digitalization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanna Denysiuk ◽  
Оlexander Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
Communicative Practices ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the work is to investigate the formation of information culture as a defining characteristic of modern communicative practices and socio-cultural existence of man in the digital environment. The research methodology consists in the application of analytical, semiotic, systemic, culturological methods in the study of information as a fundamental factor in the formation of information culture and in general the digital environment of the information society. Information is a subsystem capable of transforming all spheres of society, while forming the needs and skills in obtaining, processing and transmitting information. Oversaturation and rapid circulation of information encourages the introduction of the concept of information culture, which can become a cognitive filter in the selection of information. The scientific novelty of the work is to expand information on the impact of information on the deepening of socio-cultural competencies, the level of socialization and education of the individual due to the information factor, as well as the ability to resist the negative effects of information on society in various forms. Information culture should become the core of the modern digital environment not only as an indicator of literacy and competence, but also as a general worldview vector that can influence the explanation of reality, commenting on current events, promoting important norms and values. Conclusions. In recent decades, information culture has become increasingly relevant as a phenomenon generated by the information society, mediated by Internet communication and modern communication practices in general. The development of modern digital information space generates a huge amount of information that is transmitted from person to person, but, at the same time, grows into a social phenomenon that shapes the thinking, behavior and actions of communities. The information culture of society becomes tangential and affects various spheres of life, which can no longer be understood and defined outside the information context, while serving as an effective factor in human perception of the surrounding reality, the world at large. Information culture is directly related to the social nature of the individual, due to the relevant values ​​and worldviews. Modern information culture is inextricably linked with technological progress and means of communication, which are the determining factors of social development that can influence the way of social life and worldview. Thus, the formation of information culture of society becomes an important and continuous process, mediated by the influence of information of human existence. Key words: information, information culture, communicative practices, communication, digitalization, information society.

The contribution of ICT adoption to sustainability: households’ perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Ziemba
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Sustainability ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance the information society research by examining and better understanding the impact of the adoption information and communication technologies (ICT) within households on improving sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The survey questionnaire was used and data collected from 679 Polish households were statistically analyzed to understand the phenomena of ICT adoption and sustainability as well as identify correlations between them. Findings The research findings reveal that the ICT adoption is well described by the ICT outlay, information culture, ICT management and ICT quality, whereas sustainability is composed of ecological, economic, socio-cultural and political sustainability. Furthermore, the ICT quality, ICT management and information culture have a significant impact on sustainability, whereas the ICT outlay does not have such an impact. Research limitations/implications The research sample included Polish households only. Researchers may use the proposed approach and methodology to do similar analyses with different sample groups in other countries. Practical implications Households may find the results appealing and useful in enhancing the adoption of ICT, experiencing the full potential of ICT and deriving various benefits from the ICT adoption. The findings can help governments develop sound ICT adoption plans for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Originality/value The paper provides and verifies a new theoretical model of sustainable information society to depict various dimensions shaping the ICT adoption and their impact on different types of sustainability in the context of households.

Transformation of education as a metatrend of the digital economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1960-1979
Author(s):  
N.A. Egina ◽  
E.S. Zemskova
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Network Education ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Positive Externalities ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Education Network ◽  
The Impact

Subject. The study focuses on the impact of the digital economy determinants of the education transformation. Objectives. The article provides our own approach treating the education capital as a specific asset of the digital economy, which has an acceleration effect and sets up new trends in education through integrative networks. Methods. The study is based on principles of the systems integration, cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. Results. The socio-economic progress was found to be determined with properties of human capital, which are solely specific to the digital economy. In new circumstances, it gets more important for actors of global, national, corporate and social networks to more actively cooperate within distributed networks in order to train high professionals, who would have skills in information networks. Thus, they would raise a new form of human capital – the capital of network education (network-based education capital). We describe positive externalities that arise when the educational sector joins communication processes. We illustrate how educational forms evolves, which are typical of a certain phase of the socio-economic development. The education capital was discovered to grow into a specific asset generating the quasi-rent and working as a social ladder only provided more actors are involved into the network. Conclusions and Relevance. Studying the evolution of educational forms through the cross-disciplinary method, we discovered the need for a system approach, which would help substantiate its transformation in the time of the digital economy, and the emergence of network-based education. These are technologies and tools of the digital economy that become unique factors generating the acceleration effect of the educational capital and ensuring the use of diverse network effects for the formation of intellectual capital and their social transformation.

Suicide Loss Survivors: Navigating Social Stigma and Threats to Social Bonds

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110265
Author(s):  
Dorothy M. Goulah-Pabst
Keyword(s):  
Social Stigma ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The complicated grief experienced by suicide loss survivors leads to feelings of abandonment, rejection, intense self-blame, and depression. Stigma surrounding suicide further burdens survivors who can experience rejection by their community and social networks. Research in the field of psychology has delved into the grieving process of suicide loss survivors, however the effects of suicide require more sociological study to fully understand and support the impact of the suicidal bereavement process on the social interactions and relationships of those left behind after death. This study aims to contribute to the body of research exploring the social challenges faced after the suicide of a loved one. Based on the analysis of powerful personal narratives through qualitative interviews shared by 14 suicide loss survivors this study explores the social construction of the grieving and healing process for suicide loss survivors. Recognizing that the most reliable relief is in commiseration with like experienced people, this research points to the support group as a builder of social solidarity. The alienation caused by the shame and stigma of suicide loss can be reversed by the feelings of attachment to the group that listens, understands and accepts. Groups created by and for suicide loss survivors should be considered a necessary tool to be used toward healing those who suffer from loss by suicide.

scholarly journals Landscape pattern and economic factors’ effect on prediction accuracy of cellular automata-Markov chain model on county scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 626-636
Author(s):  
Wang Song ◽  
Zhao Yunlin ◽  
Xu Zhenggang ◽  
Yang Guiyan ◽  
Huang Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Markov Chain ◽  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Markov Model ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
The Impact ◽  
County Scale

AbstractUnderstanding and modeling of land use change is of great significance to environmental protection and land use planning. The cellular automata-Markov chain (CA-Markov) model is a powerful tool to predict the change of land use, and the prediction accuracy is limited by many factors. To explore the impact of land use and socio-economic factors on the prediction of CA-Markov model on county scale, this paper uses the CA-Markov model to simulate the land use of Anren County in 2016, based on the land use of 1996 and 2006. Then, the correlation between the land use, socio-economic data and the prediction accuracy was analyzed. The results show that Shannon’s evenness index and population density having an important impact on the accuracy of model predictions, negatively correlate with kappa coefficient. The research not only provides a reference for correct use of the model but also helps us to understand the driving mechanism of landscape changes.

scholarly journals Exploring optimal control of epidemic spread using reinforcement learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abu Quwsar Ohi ◽  
M. F. Mridha ◽  
Muhammad Mostafa Monowar ◽  
Md. Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Short Length ◽  
Reproduction Rate ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Epidemic Spread ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Individual Human

AbstractPandemic defines the global outbreak of a disease having a high transmission rate. The impact of a pandemic situation can be lessened by restricting the movement of the mass. However, one of its concomitant circumstances is an economic crisis. In this article, we demonstrate what actions an agent (trained using reinforcement learning) may take in different possible scenarios of a pandemic depending on the spread of disease and economic factors. To train the agent, we design a virtual pandemic scenario closely related to the present COVID-19 crisis. Then, we apply reinforcement learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, that deals with how an individual (human/machine) should interact on an environment (real/virtual) to achieve the cherished goal. Finally, we demonstrate what optimal actions the agent perform to reduce the spread of disease while considering the economic factors. In our experiment, we let the agent find an optimal solution without providing any prior knowledge. After training, we observed that the agent places a long length lockdown to reduce the first surge of a disease. Furthermore, the agent places a combination of cyclic lockdowns and short length lockdowns to halt the resurgence of the disease. Analyzing the agent’s performed actions, we discover that the agent decides movement restrictions not only based on the number of the infectious population but also considering the reproduction rate of the disease. The estimation and policy of the agent may improve the human-strategy of placing lockdown so that an economic crisis may be avoided while mitigating an infectious disease.

ECP02-01 - Globalisation and the impact of economic factors on psychiatric disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1795-1795
Author(s):  
D. Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Migration Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionWith the process of globalisation in full flow, the movement of people and products across the globe has brought a series of difficulties. With migration the socio-economic status of the individuals may change with the likelihood that this status will be lower rather than higher, although depending upon the reasons for migration this may change too.ObjectivesLiterature shows that low socio-economic status is associated with a higher level of psychiatric morbidity.AimsWhether migration acts as a mediator needs to be investigated further.MethodsVarious studies have shown that rates of psychosis are elevated in migrants though these rates are differentially increased in different groups indicating that factors other than migration may be at play.ResultsIn this presentation the literature and link the acculturation and cultural identity with post-migration experiences will be reviewed.ConclusionA link exists between the perceptions within cultures and level of economic development of what constitutes mental health. The state of advancement of mental health services of a country will certainly have a large impact on prevalence rates. Further investigation should be carried out to examine in greater depth the relationship between social inequality and disorder prevalence, as distinct from income inequality.

scholarly journals Socio-economic Factors Influencing the Development of Renewable Energy Production Sector in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk ◽  
Waldemar Izdebski ◽  
Michał Izdebski ◽  
Tadeusz Waściński
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Poland is not one of the leaders in the use of renewable energy sources (RES), and most energy is still produced using hard coal and lignite. Therefore, there are noteworthy emissions of air pollution (including ashes and greenhouse gases), and the Polish energy sector is characterized by a substantial degree of carbonization, which, as a result, threatens to expressively increase the costs of electricity production, leading to financial penalties imposed by the EU. The aim of this paper is to analyze socio-economic factors influencing the development of the RES sector in Poland. According to this aim, expert research was carried out, in which the factors influencing development potential of RES were assessed at two levels (level II – 5 factors, level III – 15 factors) according to the factor tree analysis. Based on the analysis of the level II factors, it can be concluded that the development of the RES sector in Poland will depend to a decisive extent on factors such as: EU decisions and Polish legislation affecting the development of the RES sector in Poland, prices and availability of conventional energy carriers. Other two factors – regional policy on ecology and ecological awareness in Poland – have so far little impact on the development of this sector in the state. The analysis of the level III factors shows that the greatest impact on the development of the RES sector in Poland is the influence of European lobbying of manufacturers of machinery and equipment for renewable energy production on EU law, the impact of Polish lobbying of conventional energy producers on Polish law in the production of renewable energy and the influence of European lobbying of renewable energy producers into EU law.

scholarly journals Does sustainable consumption matter? Consumer grocery shopping behaviour andthe pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ing Grace Phang ◽  
Bamini K.P.D. Balakrishnan ◽  
Hiram Ting
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise in early 2020. The preventive measures imposed by many countries limited human movement, causing uncertainty and disrupting consumption patterns and consumer decision-making. This study aims to explore consumers’ panic buying (PB) and compulsive buying (CB) as outcomes of the intolerance of uncertainty (IU). The moderating role of sustainable consumption behaviours (SCBs) (e.g. quality of life [QOL], concern for future generation and concern for environmental well-being) were also tested to raise awareness of responsible and mindful consumption amongst the society and business stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach To empirically examine the grocery shopping behaviours of Malaysian consumers during COVID-19, a total of 286 valid grocery consumer survey responses based on a purposive sampling were collected and analysed during the movement control order period between March and July 2020. Findings The findings confirmed the statistically significant impact of IU on both PB and CB and the impact of PB on CB behaviour. Amongst the three SCBs tested, only QOL significantly moderated the relationship between the IU and PB. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to construct a framework of consumers’ PB and CB during the pandemic, building upon the stimulus-organism-response model and the concepts of IU and SCB. This study further serves as the pioneering study on the moderating role of SCB in consumer behaviour research in the pandemic context, whereby consumers’ QOL significantly moderates the relationship between their IU and PB. This study has also drawn specific implications for grocery retailers and government agencies for retail and policy planning to promote positive social transformation in consumer buying behaviours during a pandemic or crisis.

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