Technology and Social Change in the Digital Age
A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 82
Special Issue Editors
Interests: consumer behavior; artificial intelligence
2. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: food waste; food supply chain; digitalization; sustainability
2. Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: marketing; retailing; strategy; sustainability; consumer behaviour; technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital technologies, artificial intelligence and social media platforms have transformed contemporary society. With the development and implementation of new digital technologies and platforms, human activity has changed, shifting towards the digital world and subsequently affecting social and habitual norms. Much communication takes place in the digital realm and can place pressure on individuals to be constantly online and cope with the large amount of information shared. Additionally, emerging intelligent devices are becoming a greater presence in society, taking over the roles that humans hitherto took. Previous studies reveal that consumer behavior and expectations with regard to technology can remain consistent, but as new challenges arise, this introduces new problems to adjust to.
This Special Issue aims to discuss how developments in artificial intelligence, social media and other digital technologies determine the behaviour of society and the way in which individuals adapt to them. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The role of AI and other new technologies in society;
- The definition of para-relationships between individuals and AI (individuals and technology);
- The integration of AI in society;
- The acceptance of and trust towards AI;
- Social media and the communication of individuals;
- Social media and the fake news phenomenon;
- Information overload in the digital age;
- Social overload caused by digitalization;
- Virtual worlds;
- Agile marketing practices;
- Artificial intelligence in marketing;
- 'Liquid' and switching consumption;
- Consumer behavior evolution;
- Behavioral insights and consumer psychology;
- Virtual influencers and digital personas;
- Data-driven marketing, big data and analytics;
- Content marketing evolution;
- Digital transformation in marketing;
- Personalization and customer experience;
- Social responsibility, sustainability and ethical marketing;
- Technological innovations in retail.
We seek articles, conceptual papers or reviews pertaining to the scope of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Corina Pelau
Prof. Dr. Judit Olah
Prof. Dr. Dan-Cristian Dabija
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- society
- social change
- digital world
- artificial intelligence
- social media
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