CHANGING DIETARY TRENDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

Agnieszka MAJ

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The aim of the article is to show that changes in eating habits can be interpreted as a kind of social change. The author analyzes examples referring to Poland, a country where traditional approaches to food, nutrition and culinary practices are undergoing transition through the influence of media patterns [...] Read more.

INTERNET SENIORS: BETWEEN STEREOTYPES AND REALITY

Małgorzata ORŁOWSKA, Krystyna M. BŁESZYŃSKA, Izabela KSIĄŻKIEWICZ

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract Digital exclusion is perceived as the form of social exclusion. Social stereotypes refer this form mainly to the category of seniors. The presented study critically exams this image pointing the statistical data related to the activities of seniors in the cyberspace. Read more.

THE PHENOMENON OF FASHION BLOGS AMONGST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Krzysztof JUREK, Karolina PIĘTA

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract Fashion blogs, although they are a relatively new phenomenon on the Internet, quickly gained approbation and popularity among of Internet users. According to many rankings (e.g. Blogosfera and Social Media) authors of fashion blogs belong to the most influential groups of bloggers. The proof of that [...] Read more.

ANALYSIS OF THE CONSUMPTION OF INFORMATION GOODS IN POLISH HOUSEHOLDS

Agnieszka SZEWCZYK

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The article contains basic information on two economic categories - consumption and household. Included is also a classification of consumer goods, with particular emphasis on information goods. The central part of the article consists of a presentation of statistical analysis of consumption of information [...] Read more.

ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN EDUCATION DURING THE TRANSFORMATION FROM THE INDUSTRIAL TO THE POST-INDUSTRIAL STAGE

Ewa SKRZETUSKA

Educational Challenges of the Technological World

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract Thinking about the education of the young generation usually results from social needs. However, rapid political and social changes, such as the collapse of the system of the PRL in 1989, are not immediately translated into changes in education, some of them are too slow, others not necessarily in line [...] Read more.

WHETHER AND WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES ARE GENERATED THROUGH "E-SOCIETY" AND "E-MANAGEMENT": A SUBJECTIVE VIEW

Jan KAŹMIERCZAK

Educational Challenges of the Technological World

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract This article presents the author's thoughts, aimed at identifying new content that can and should be included in education programs, especially but not only in technical universities, in connection with the challenges of modern times. The presented consideration also concerns the means and methods of [...] Read more.

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL - THE NEED OF A REDEFINITION OF CONCEPTS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CHANGES

Agnieszka JURCZAK

Human Individuals and Collectives in a Global Technological Setting

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The aim of the article is a critical evaluation of the concepts of social and cultural capital from the social sciences literature in the context of social changes currently taking place. On the basis of the analysis of these categories, the text presents a proposal to merge the two mentioned capitals [...] Read more.

A HUMAN BEING IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD - CONSCIOUSNESS AS A KEY FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Joanna WYLĘŻAŁEK

Human Individuals and Collectives in a Global Technological Setting

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract Contemporary knowledge concerning the human behavior mechanisms allows to assume that consciousness remains a key and universal factor of the process of the human search of his or her own individuality. To understand a nature of consciousness it is important to discover new spaces of thought that are [...] Read more.

INITIAL COIN OFFERING (ICO): OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS

Dariusz Tadeusz DZIUBA

Technological Conditions and Effects of e-Development

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 3 June 2018

Abstract The study discusses the method of start-up financing through selling cryptocurrencies in the Internet environment. It is known as ICO (Initial Coin Offering). Its dynamic growth, rapid expansion of the scope of applications and an inflow of funding obtained this way has been observed since the first [...] Read more.

EVOLUTION OF THE ICT ECOSYSTEM ON INTELLIGENT ORGANIZATIONS IN TIMES OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Piotr ADAMCZEWSKI

Technological Conditions and Effects of e-Development

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 3 June 2018

Abstract Solutions of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are the foundation of modern economic organizations in a knowledge economy. This is the case in particular in intelligent organizations, for which the advanced ICT infrastructure is the sine qua non condition for the effective knowledge [...] Read more.