Converting the sociotechnical convergence hazards into the risks of digitalisation
https://doi.org/10.26425/2658-347X-2022-5-2-4-20
Abstract
The creation of digital network platforms is accompanied by an ambiguous process of sociotechnical convergence, during which certain hazards arise as factors that destabilize the functioning of a digital platform, and risks as an expectation of the occurrence of these events.
The purpose of the study is to assess the level of conversion of the sociotechnical convergence hazards into the corresponding risks.
The research methodology is based on the ecosystem approach and the concept of platform research, supplemented by the authors with the ideas of sociotechnical convergence.
To study the conversion of the sociotechnical convergence hazards into the risks of digitalization, the method of empirical verification based on a representative sociological survey was applied. The
result of the taxonomic division was the classification of hazards in such subject areas as (hazard of failure); digital surveillance (hazard of excessive digital surveillance); digital morality (hazard of decision-making by artificial intelligence); digital identification (hazard of identification error); digital privacy (hazard of unauthorized use of personal data); digital communication (hazard of virtualization of social contacts); digital accessibility (hazard of digital inequality); digital clusters (hazard of social network segmentation); digital competence (hazard of digital outsider). The authors come to the conclusion that not all hazards are converted into risks in the same way. Strongly expressed explicit risks are observed as a result of converting the hazard of unauthorized use of personal data. Medium-expressed explicit risks appear in case of hazard of failure of digital platforms, hazard of decision-making by artificial intelligence, hazard of identification error, hazard of digital inequality. Weakly expressed explicit risks are typical for the conversion of the hazard of excessive digital surveillance and the hazard of virtualization of social contacts. The hazard of social network segmentation and the hazard of digital outsider are converted into implicit risks.
Keywords
digitalization,
sociotechnical convergence,
digital network platforms,
hazards,
risks,
risk converting,
digital society,
platform research
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Expert Institute for Social Research within the framework of the scientific project No. 21-011-31719 «Sociotechnical convergence in the conditions of digitalization of network spaces»
About the Authors
V. V. Zotov
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vitaliy V. Zotov, Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof.
Educational and Scientific Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Philosophy Department
Moscow
I. A. Aseeva
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina A. Aseeva, Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Leading Researcher
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences
Centre for Science, Education and Technology Information Studies
Moscow
V. G. Budanov
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir G. Budanov, Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Assoc. Prof., Main Researcher
Institute of Philosophy
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Development Branch
Moscow
V. A. Belkina
Southwest State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Victoria A. Belkina, Lecturer
Philosophy and Sociology Department
Kursk
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Zotov V.V., Aseeva I.A., Budanov V.G., Belkina V.A. Converting the sociotechnical convergence hazards into the risks of digitalisation. Digital Sociology. 2022;5(2):4-20. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/2658-347X-2022-5-2-4-20
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