- The authors:
Nataliya M. Velikaya,
Tatyana V. Velikaya - Pages: 698-706
- Section: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- URL: http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/2686-8199-2020-7-698-706/
- DOI: 10.22363/2686-8199-2020-7-698-706
The article is devoted to the risks, problems and prospects of digitalization of Russian society in the context of public opinion of Russians.
Based on the human capital theory and using data from specific sociological studies of the Center for Strategic social and political studies of the ISPR RAS, the authors link the success of digitalization and the formation of an innovative economy in Russia with the level of human capital development and with the willingness of the population to learn new social practices of the information society.
We consider some indicators of the level of human capital development based on the most well-known international ratings and indexes (as Education Index, Human development Index, Knowledge Economy Index, Global Innovation Index, E-Government Development Index), the dynamics of which allows us to conclude that the quality of human and intellectual capital in Russia is declining. It is connected with ambiguous reforms is school and higher education which lead to lowering the quality of education and, therefore, to decrease in the indicators of nation’s intellectual potential.
Showing the level of prevalence of digital technologies and communications in society, we draw attention to the weak use of digital technologies in everyday economic practices of people and in political practices.
Despite the high level of Internet coverage and the high level of digital literacy of Russian citizens, digital technologies are mainly used in the field of consumption and entertainment, maintaining healthy and sports practices, gradually moving into the field of additional education, which one way or another is connected with private life.
Despite the General very positive attitude to the spread of digital technologies, the digitalization of the formal political process is slow and is not supported by the majority of the population, which is also reflected in the low level of e-democracy development in the country.
The level of awareness and support of Russian citizens for national projects, most of which are aimed at improving the efficiency of the public system in the development of an innovative economy, cannot be considered high. Such low public awareness of these projects can be explained by a rather high degree of alienation of the people from the government and a low level of trust in the government in general.
The success of social development will be determined by the quality of human capital, the development of which implies the creation of a specific environment for its support and appropriate political decisions.
Keywords: human capital, innovative economy, information technologies, digitalization, public opinion
Nataliya M. Velikaya1, 2 , Tatyana V. Velikaya3
1 Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy
of Sciences (ISPR RAS) Moscow, Russia
2 Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)
Moscow, Russia
3 National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE)
Moscow, Russia
1 e-mail: natalivelikaya@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5532-844X
2 e-mail: tvelikaia@yandex.ru ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4605-0789
Country Comparison: Internet Users. Official website of Central Intelligence Agency 2020. URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ fields/204rank.html#AQ[Accessed September 09, 2020].
E-Government Development Index, 2020. United Nations website. URL: https://publicadministration.un.org/en/Research/UN-e-Government-Surveys [Accessed September 09, 2020].
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2020. Introducing the EBRD Knowledge Economy Index. 2020. URL: https://www.ebrd.com/news/ publications/brochures/ebrd-knowledge-economy-index.html [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Human Development Report. 2019. Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21 st century. URL: http://hdr. undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2019.pdf [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Human Development Report. 2020. Education index. URL: http://hdr.undp. org/en/content/education-index [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Levashov, V.K., Afanasyev, V.A., Novozhenina O.P., Shushpanova, I.S., B. 2019. Express information. How do you live, Russia? XLVIII stage of sociological monitoring, November-December 2018. Perspective, Moscow, 59 p.
OECD Library 2020. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2014. URL: https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/oecd-science-technology-andindustry-outlook-2014_sti_outlook-2014-en#page49 [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Programme for International Students Assessment, 2020. OECD Library. Assessment. URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/ [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Breakthrough strategy and digital reality in Russia. 2019. Socio-political situation and demographic situation in 2019: collective monograph. Editorial Board: Osipov, G.V., Ryazantsev, S.V., Levashov, V.K., Rostovskaya, T.K., B. 2019. Perspectiva, Moscow, 786 p.
Schultz, T. 2005.World economic thought through the prism of centuries: in 5 vols. Vol. 5. B.1. The economy of being in poverty. Mysl’, Moscow, pp. 358–372.
Schultz, T. 1963. The economic value of Education. New York: Columbia University Press 12: 71–89.
The World Bank annual report. 2019. Putting knowledge to work. URL: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/annual-report/development-knowledge. [Accessed September 09, 2020].
We Are Social Inc. 2020. Digital 2020 Global Overview report. URL: https://wearesocial.com/blog/2020/01/digital-2020-3-8-billion-people-use-social-media [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Sergeeva, Y. 2018. Social networks in 2018: a Global study. 20.03.2018. URL: https://www.web-canape.ru/business/socialnye-seti-v-2018-goduglobalnoeissledovanie/ [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Global Innovation Index. 2020. URL: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/ en/wipo_pub_gii_2020.pdf [Accessed September 09, 2020].
Yadgarov, Y.S. 2016. The place and role of the theory of human capital in the recent history of economic thought. Historical and economic research 17(2): 253–277.
Zheng, S., Zhang, W., Wu Xiaobo, Du Jian. 2011. Knowledge-based dynamic capabilities and innovation in networked environments. Journal of Knowledge Management 15(6): 1035–1051.