Softwarization of modern society: origins and prospects

Affiliation: Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Address: Russian Federation, Vologda

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 4

Pages

109-117

Abstract

The purpose of the article is social study of global systematic process - softwarization, the deployment of which is beginning to have a deep impact on modern society. The research tasks of the article are to identify of contexts and sources softwarization, to study the process of penetration of software into many spheres (economic, political, scientific, cultural) of modern society and systematize models of generated at the intersection process softwarization with of the category «social»: «the software-sorted society», «the software of society», «the society-oriented software», «the software-defined society», «society 5.0». In the article, systematic essence of the global technological macrotrend of softwarization is studied from the positions of the information society, the media and the digital society. A special role in the article is assigned to softwarization interaction with other modern technological maсrotrends: digitalization, datafication, sensorization and concepts «Internet of Things», «Industry 4.0», «Smart Planet».

Keywords

softwarization, source of softwarization, context of softwarization, the software of society, software-sorted society, software-defined society, software-oriented society

Acknowledgment

This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research via grant № 16-03-50064.

Received

28.05.2019

Publication date

28.05.2019

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32456

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GOST	Zhuravleva E. Softwarization of modern society: origins and prospects // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2019. – Issue 4 C. 109-117 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250004591-3-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250004591-3
MLA	Zhuravleva, Elena "Softwarization of modern society: origins and prospects." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 4 (2019):109-117. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250004591-3
APA	Zhuravleva E. (2019). Softwarization of modern society: origins and prospects. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (4), pp.109-117 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250004591-3

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