Reproduction of the urban community in the conditions of urbanized environment digitalization

The article analyzes the changes in the conditions of urban community reproduction that occur as a result of digitalization of the urbanized environment. The empirical basis of the work are the results of the author’s sociological research conducted in 2022 by methods of mass questionnaire survey of city dwellers (Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh regions, n = 1,518), expert survey (50 experts), focus group interviewing among youth representatives, public sector employees, municipal government officials, retirees, entrepreneurs, and the unemployed (6 groups). The authors identify several key areas of changes in the conditions of the reproduction process of urban communities that occur under the influence of digitization and digitalization: the inclusion of “technosubjects” in the urban space, the formation of hybrid urban communities, the expansion of communication opportunities, changes in the mechanisms of socialization and personal identification, the emergence of new technologies for influencing the consciousness of members of urban communities, the transformation of forms social control.