Theoretical Foundations and Development of Digital Society in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution / Թվային հասարակության տեսական հիմքերը և զարգացումը չորրորդ արդյունաբերական հեղափոխության համատեքստում

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the transformative essence of modern global society, including Armenian society, the trends of digitization, and the egovernment agenda in Armenia, revealing the main definitions of "digital society" in narrow and broad senses, using the methodology of desk research on the analysis of documents. Currently, the Forth Industrial Revolution has transformed the structure of society, its main infrastructures and elements, and the relationships between them. In a new phase of human development, the physical, biological, and digital worlds are merging, unifying the online and offline domains. Digital data of individuals become the unit of value for exchange. The new digital reality enables political leaders, decision-makers, and policymakers to use technology for creating an inclusive and human-centered future. The provision of public services and policy development through electronic or digital methods becomes possible through e-governance as a form of digitized governance. Based on big data analysis, and evidence-based and real-time generated models, egovernance increases the efficiency of public policy making, as well as the velocity and quality of public service delivery. The model of synthesizing information from digital data, obtaining knowledge from that information, and leading society through this approach, is a prospective model, which should lie in the basis of the digital society.