Smart City and its Prototypes: social perceptions (outcomes of social analysis)
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2021-9-3-105-114
Abstract
The term Smart City (digital city, cybercity, city of knowledge, eco-city) is being increasingly used in the social space and media since the beginning of the twenty-first century. The term implies the comprehensive activities of international organizations (UN, EU, UAE, etc.) and cities to transform the social environment of megacities. In the presence of a significant number of publications related to IT technologies, clarification of the meaning and content of the social characteristics of the new phenomenon requires further research. The pilot-study of the social perceptions of the term Smart City was implemented by means of a content analysis of scientific literature, direct and remote polling of citizens using a random sample method (459 respondents). The respondents on the basis of the semantic differential method (M. Rokeach) have assessed the image of a Smart City, as well as a number of other images associated with its understanding on 16 and 28 scale-scripts, specially developed questionnaires containing also C. Alderfer’s and M. L scher’s tests. The received answers were subjected to the procedure of factorial and correlation analysis separately in each group of respondents. When processing the research results, the SPSS program was used.
About the Author
R. A. Proskuryakov
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Proskuryakov Roman Alexandrovich – postgraduate student
119606, Moscow, Vernadsky Ave., 84
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Proskuryakov R.A. Smart City and its Prototypes: social perceptions (outcomes of social analysis). Communicology. 2021;9(3):105-114. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2021-9-3-105-114
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