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Дигитализация и дигитална среда: измерения и основни характеристики
Digitalization and Digital Environment: Dimensions and Main Characteristics

Author(s): Valentina Milenkova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Social development, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: digitalization; digital devices and skills; online environment; digital literacy
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to reveal digitalization as an integral part of society. Every process, phenomenon, community, relationship is largely related to digitalization and information technologies. The analysis presents various forms of symbiosis between society and digitalization, showing specific dimensions of digital competencies and skills. The methodology based on results obtained from an online survey conducted in March 2021 with individuals of different ages, professions and education. The study includes topics related to the digitalization of society, the use of various digital devices and the Internet. The results obtained indicate that the digitalization of society is a real fact, as well as that the state of digital skills is at an average and above average level, and the Internet is used very actively in various activities. The article and the conducted survey were implemented under the project „Digital media literacy in the context of the „knowledge society“: state and challenges“, funded by the National Science Foundation in the period 2018-2022.

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