Evolution of Digital Capital in Organizations: A Quantitative Assessment

This study analyzed the evolution of resources in organizations towards digital capital using the example of Russia, by analyzing data on the development of technological infrastructure. It concluded that, over the past decade, there were moderately favourable conditions in terms of technological orientation in the Russian Federation. However, only a third of Russian organizations have mastered digital transformation in the context of digital interaction in the online environment using relatively simple information technologies. At the same time, a downward trend was noted for the pace of digitization of business processes and management decisions through dedicated software, reducing the global competitiveness of such organizations. The quantitative assessment of the evolution of digital resources demonstrated that Russian organizations have only a basic level of mastery of digital technologies, with some additional capabilities. This level is characterized by the use of relatively simple digital technologies and standard software. Thus, Russian economic entities in almost all areas use information and communication technology as a component of digital capital for the production of added value, but within limited professional competencies. The study results can be used by organizations’ management for meso-level research and by policymakers for evaluating the digital economy.

ANALISIS STRATEGI FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY PEER-TO-PEER LENDING PT CROWDE MEMBANGUN BANGSA SEBAGAI PERMODALAN PERTANIAN DIGITAL

<p align="justify"><em>Capital is one of the most important factors in conducting a business. These days, farmers are still struggling to access loans as their capital from financial institutions due to complex requirements to fulfill and wholesalers that are not </em><em>profitabl</em><em>e for farmers. The solution to this problem is the utilization of financial technology with </em><em>a </em><em>Peer-to-Peer Lending system. PT CROWDE Membangun Bangsa is one of the start-ups that conducted a Peer-to-Peer Lending system in Indonesia. </em><em>T</em><em>his study aimed to identify the strategy that </em><em>the </em><em>company use</em><em>s</em><em> to distribute digital capital to farmers by using SOAR analysis. SOAR analysis focuses on the strength and results the</em><em> </em><em>company wants to achieve and creates </em><em>a </em><em>strategy to increase farmers’ productivity and company profits. The results of this study were strategies the company can apply to increase farmer’s productivity by creating a program with farmers to adjust the agriculture practices theoretically and practically, empower farmers to do </em><em>the </em><em>post-harvest process, and increase partnership with other institutions to supply agriculture inputs and human resources such as agronomist.</em><em></em></p>

Sociodynamics of Students’ Digital Capital in the Context of the COVID-19 Epidemiological Crisis: an Experience of a Mixed Strategy of Empirical Research

Introduction. The sociodynamics of students’ digital capital in the context of an epidemiological crisis has acquired special characteristics. The speed, focus and technologies for the formation of digital capital have changed significantly and are expressed in new content features and characteristi cs of sociodynamics.Methodology and sources. An integrative approach to the study and analysis of the digital capital sociodynamics is used, which consists a set of theoretical and methodological positions in the study of digital capital proposed by resea rchers earlier. An approach to the sociological interpretation of the concept of digital capital, which is characterized by systemic and integrative characteristics, is presented. The formed theoretical and methodological platform served as the basis for c onstructing an empirical research methodology.Results and discussion. Methodological approaches to the digital capital definition as an object of research are generalized. The contradictions and fragmentation in the interpretation of digital capital in private research and the relevance of sociological understanding of the essence of digital capital are shown. The tendencies and trends of the sociodynamics of digital capital during the pandemic have been empirically confirmed.Conclusion. The article presents some trends in the sociodynamics of students’ digital capital in a pandemic: first, the stimulating role of the pandemic in the development of digital competencies; secondly, changes in the direction of mastering digital competencies; third, analysis of the activity and intensity of changes in digital competencies; fourth, the intensification of the development of digital technologies related to the social aspects of interaction in the context of a lockdown.

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND THE TRANSITION TO THE ERA OF DIGITAL CAPITAL DOMINANCE

The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the triggers for the further growth of the global influence of digital capital and high-tech companies. The market value of the world's largest technology giants, which set long-term trends in the development of the world economy within the framework of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has sharply increased. During the pandemic, digital capital declared its claims to political dominance, as shown by the US presidential election in 2020. During the elections, there was a coordination of the actions of digital corporations and the "new elite" within the Democratic Party, whose ideological and economic views were formed by the values of the new technological era.

Gabber: Raising hell in technoculture1

Gabber is a hardcore electronic dance music genre, typified by extreme speed and overdrive, which developed in the Netherlands, with Rotterdam as its epicentre, during the early 1990s, when house music-inspired dance events dominated. The use of distorted noise and references to popular body horror, such as Hellraiser, dominated its scene, and soon gabber was commented on as ‘the metal of house music’, a statement that this article aims to investigate. Applying a genealogical discographic approach, the research found that the electronic noise music aesthetic of industrial music was crucial for the formation of the sound of gabber. The hardcore electronic dance music that developed from this is at once ironically nihilistic, a contrary critique, and a populist safety valve. The digital machine noise of hardcore seems to offer an immersive means to process the experience of (emasculating) fluidity within post-human accelerated technoculture, itself propelled by rapid digital capital and information technologies.

Eksklusi Sosial dalam Kapital Digital dan Kebijakan Virtual (Studi Filantropi Platform KitaBisa.com)

Modernisasi membawa efek digital masuk ke dalam varian aktivitas sosial-budaya dan ekonomi-politik masyarakat. Namun, tiadanya pemerataan akses terhadap penggunaan teknologi, berdampak pada keterasingan dan marginalisasi. Konsep tersebut cenderung dilihat sebagai kesenjangan antara yang memiliki akses terhadap teknologi (the haves) dan kelompok yang tidak memiliki akses terhadap teknologi (the have-nots). Di dalam masyarakat pasca-industri hari ini, segala sesuatu telah digitalisasi. Tidak hanya pada aspek kebijakan dan bisnis, bahkan kebijaksanaan filantropi berupa platform-platform sosial telah massif berkembang di era-digital. Misalnya, pengentasan permasalahan kesehatan, ekonomi, kemanusiaan dan lingkungan yang, sejauh ini, mendapatkan donor (donation) dari masyarakat digital melalui platform KitaBisa.com. Hal tersebut dilakukan dalam rangka memperbaiki dignitas kehidupan manusia dan kelestarian lingkungan. Namun, akibat kesenjangan digital di dalam masyarakat yang tidak dapat mengakses agenda filatropi secara online, membuat kelompok yang tidak memiliki kapital digital tereksklusi dari kebijakan virtual. Modernization brings digital effects into a variant of socio-cultural and political activities of society. However, the lack of access to the use of technology, is associated with alienation and marginalization. The concept tends to be viewed as a gap between those who have access to technology (the haves) and groups who have no access to technology (the have-nots). In today’s post-industrial society, everything has been digitalized. Not only on policy and business aspects, even philanthropic policies of social platforms have developed massif in digital era. For example, a reduction in health, economic, humanitarian and environmental problems, so far, have been obtained donors from digital societies through KitaBisa.com platforms. This is done in an effort to improve dignities of human life and the sustainability of the environment. However, as a result of digital gaps in societies which make them cannot access the filatropic of an online agenda, groups that do not have digital capital are excommunicated from virtual policy.

The datafication revolution in criminal justice: An empirical exploration of frames portraying data-driven technologies for crime prevention and control

The proliferation of big data analytics in criminal justice suggests that there are positive frames and imaginaries legitimising them and depicting them as the panacea for efficient crime control. Criminological and criminal justice scholarship has paid insufficient attention to these frames and their accompanying narratives. To address the gap created by the lack of theoretical and empirical insight in this area, this article draws on a study that systematically reviewed and compared multidisciplinary academic abstracts on the data-driven tools now shaping decision-making across several justice systems. Using insights distilled from the study, the article proposes three frames (optimistic, neutral, oppositional) for understanding how the technologies are portrayed. Inherent in the frames are a set of narratives emphasising their ostensible status as vital crime control mechanisms. These narratives obfuscate the harms of data-driven technologies and evince idealistic imaginaries of their capabilities. The narratives are bolstered by unequal structural arrangements, specifically the unevenly distributed digital capital with which some are empowered to participate in technology development for criminal justice application and other forms of penal governance. In unravelling these issues, the article advances current understanding of the dynamics that sustain the depiction of data-driven technologies as prime crime prevention and law enforcement tools.

Cultura digital, capital cultural e capital tecnológico: uma análise das práticas pedagógicas no ensino superior

Este artigo analisa e discute a construção teórica do conceito de capital tecnológico, fundamentado no conceito de capital cultural, com base em uma pesquisa sobre o uso de tecnologias digitais nas práticas pedagógicas de cursos de formação inicial de professores. A problemática da pesquisa teve como foco conhecer as características das práticas pedagógicas dos professores e identificar algumas práticas que possam ser definidas inovadoras a partir das ações pedagógicas que professores e alunos considerem como tal. O trabalho apresenta o percurso teórico e metodológico que nos permitiu fazer a relação da cultura digital, do capital cultural e do capital tecnológico a partir das análises das práticas pedagógicas dos professores. O design metodológico da pesquisa contemplou revisão de bibliografia, análise dos projetos de curso, questionários e entrevistas. A base empírica do estudo foi construída por meio dos dados de 220 respondentes de um questionário online e de 45 entrevistas semiestruturadas desenvolvidas com estudantes e professores dos cursos de licenciatura de uma Instituição Pública de Ensino Superior. Com bases nos dados dos questionários, foram constituídos os índices de uso social e pedagógico de tecnologias digitais, que por sua vez, resultaram no índice de capital tecnológico dos professores. A pesquisa permite conceituar teórica e empiricamente o capital tecnológico e define os desafios principais para a integração de tecnologias digitais nas práticas pedagógicas dos professores de ensino superior, com vistas à construção de práticas inovadoras.