Sociological understanding of the population’s place in the digital economy

About the author:

Mariya V. Strabykina, Postgraduate Student, Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia; manayoboz@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-0397

Abstract:

In the current socio-economic realities, a distinctive feature of the digital economy is the exponential increase in the efficiency of information and communications technology, where new digital solutions, digitization, and robotics are changing economic processes. Among these processes, the population occupies a special place. This article reveals that in the digital economy, human activity is significantly transformed as the main participant in the digital transformation process, acting as both a supplier and consumer of digital goods and services. Based on the analysis of the existing theoretical definitions, the author presents sociological understanding of the digital economy, including its typological definitions, essential properties, three-level model, and its constituent elements. The literature review includes the state documents on the digital economy development in the regions. The results highlight the main role of the population in the digital processes of a changing society. Additionally, attention is paid to information technologies becoming a key factor in the digital economy, the issues of digital competence of future specialists, and their demand in the labor market, as well as the platforms that are important in economic relations and which are acquiring a digital appearance.

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