The impact of 5G, 6G technologies on society: a sociological perspective

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The impact of 5G, 6G technologies on society: a sociological perspective

Original language description

If we are interested in a sociological perspective of the impact of new technologies to everyday life, specifically the implementation of 5G and 6G communication networks, firstly we need to explain mechanics of sociological generations and their approach to different technological aspects. Each part of society, each generation, views technology a little differently. Society is not homogeneous in terms of opinion, age, use of technology, and digital literacy. However, we can divide it into generations that are influenced by common interests, certain social, cultural and world events that they share, their access to and use of technology and, finally, the values that guide them. Although we observe certain patterns in the behaviour of different generations, it cannot be said that all members of one generation follow them completely. Rather, there is an inclination towards certain behaviour and preferred ways of using media and technology in each generation. Technology is increasingly impacting people's lives, whether they actively use it or not! Individual devices are getting smaller and smaller. To what we used to need a mainframe, now we can use a smartphone. At the same time, devices are slowly disappearing from our sight, becoming translucent, transparent, until they disappear altogether. Furthermore, thanks to increasingly natural interfaces and autonomous decision-making, people can get the impression that technology works like magic. Few people today know how the technology really works and what underpins it. Even if a user identifies a technology by its name, it is hard to imagine what is underneath. On the other hand, any technology starts to appear as soon as a device breaks down. At the same time life shifts more and more into technology. Mark Deuze even speaks of Media life, that we live only when we are inside of them. The question is, what does this do to the generations? Basically, a generation sets its values according to the environment it encounters, the challenges and problems it faces in the adolescent phase of their life. These values are then upheld within. For us to better understand the generation point of view on these changes, we need to know there is a preferred line of work or line of thought among generations and that there are obstacles to overcome. In this dynamic environment, we need to ensure that preferred values are not lost. We need to ensure that people will be able to consciously and unquestioningly exist in a world that is characterised by the transformation and remediation of things which are offline into things that are online. We need to be able to transfer all the benefits of changing society to all its sections equally and above all positively.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50803 - Information science (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů