The Multifaceted Challenges of the Digital Transformation: Creating a Sustainable Society

Authors

  • Gheorghe Nadoleanu University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Sociology
  • Ana Rodica Staiculescu
  • Emanuela Bran Institutul de Studii de Dezvoltare și Securitate, Universitatea Ovidius, Constanța

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/po/13.1Sup1/428

Keywords:

Digital society, Industry 4.0, digital anthropology, human-computer interaction, computer mediated communication

Abstract

Technology and society are deeply interconnected, as technology emerges from the existent cultural framework and consequently shapes society on the micro level of human interaction and the larger scale of social structure and system. This paper tackles the digital transformation present in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. We analyse disruptive digital technologies by focusing on the social or cultural context of their creation, their core philosophy, and the impact they seem to have or how society may be shaped by their extended implementation and adoption. As technology is basically not neutral in its purpose, serving different personal and organizational interests, we use a multiple point-of-view approach to our study in order to elaborate an encompassing representation of the phenomenon.

 

Author Biographies

Gheorghe Nadoleanu, University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Sociology

Gheorghe Nadoleanu is a PhD student in the field of
Sociology, researching the connection between religion and
society. He has a profound understanding of humans, being a
priest with over 25 years of experience, and having a
multidisciplinary study background comprising theology and
psychology. After graduating Theology at the University of
Bucharest and Psychology at the Ovidius University of
Constanta, he obtained a master’s degree in Theology and one in
Law and Administration, and further continued his research at the
Pontifico Orientale Institute in Vatican. He coordinated several institutions such as a center for
preventing family abandonment created from European funding, a NGO for vulnerable people,
the theological seminary of Cocosu Monastery from its foundation, and the Department of
Development Programs in Tomis Archiepiscopate. He is currently working as a priest and as a
university assistant.

Ana Rodica Staiculescu

Prof Dr. Ana Rodica Stăiculescu has graduated Sociology at
the University of Bucharest and received a scholarship from
the ONU-CEDOR, continuing her postgraduate studies at the
University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, where she obtained
her PhD in Demography with the “très honorable” distinction -
the highest grade. She is currently working as a university
professor at Șaguna University of Constanta, and furthermore,
as a PhD coordinator at the University of Bucharest. Her area
of expertise comprises Sociology and Social Psychology, with
subfields such as demographical research, transdisciplinary studies of social
identity, impact of technology on society, cultural differences in international
negotiation, sociology of deviance and sociology of organizations.

Emanuela Bran, Institutul de Studii de Dezvoltare și Securitate, Universitatea Ovidius, Constanța

Emanuela Bran is a PhD student at the Transilvania University
of Brasov in the field of Computers and Information
Technology. She is currently working as a research assistant
at the Institute of Security and Development at the Black Sea
where she researches and developpes distributed multimodal
systems used for enhancing the driver’s experience. Her area
of expertise includes ubiquitous computing, multimodal
interfaces, human-computer interaction, mixed reality, user
experience, blockchain and connected subjects. Her aim is to
understand and create technology that brings a positive change in people lives,
society and the environment.

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2022-03-14

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Nadoleanu, G., Staiculescu, A. R., & Bran, E. (2022). The Multifaceted Challenges of the Digital Transformation: Creating a Sustainable Society. Postmodern Openings, 13(1 Sup1), 300-316. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/13.1Sup1/428

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