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Bozhok N.S., Vedeneeva Ya.V., Tchernetskaya A.A. [Inversion of social interaction of city residents in the situation of pandemic challenges] World of Science. Series: Sociology, Philology, Cultural Studies, 2022, Vol. 13, No. 3. Available at: https://sfk-mn.ru/PDF/62SCSK322.pdf (in Russian).

Inversion of social interaction of city residents in the situation of pandemic challenges

Bozhok Nikolay Sergeevich
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Saratov, Russia
E-mail: nikolaybozhok@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0116-1669
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=785713

Vedeneeva Yana Vitalievna
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Saratov, Russia
E-mail: vedeneeva_yv@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6017-4342
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=789096

Tchernetskaya Anzhela Albertovna
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Saratov, Russia
E-mail: acherneckaya@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5448-1087
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=472531

Abstract. The article is devoted to the consideration of changes in the social interaction of city residents formed under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the sociological understanding of the essence of restrictive measures is precisely the change of the usual channels and formats of interaction of individuals, which has become the main consequence of restrictions. These processes were especially illustrative in large settlements, cities — where the density of social contacts is much higher. In this regard, the analysis of transformations of social interaction practices makes it possible to identify the key factors that formed the conditions for the rooting of the broadcast changes observed after the end of the restrictions. An interview was chosen as the research method. This method was applied to representatives of low-mobility groups of the population who are clients of social services: disabled people, parents of children with disabilities and elderly citizens (N = 27). The geography of the study has spread to three Russian cities: Kazan, Saratov, Tomsk (2021). Thanks to the use of this toolkit, it was possible to identify and analyze the main changes in social practices of low-mobility citizens in connection with restrictive measures. The advantage of this methodology of data collection and interpretation is a deep understanding of the phenomenon under study. The authors of the article, based on the results of a qualitative study supported by the opinions available in the current academic discourse, analyzing the inversion of ways of social interaction during the pandemic, identify several key areas of their transformation — the emergence of new symbols and a new symbolic load of a number of concepts; the development of new forms of loyalty and disagreement regarding the official order, public interests; filtering, separation of actions, content, contacts, into online and offline formats; changes in the labor market and education; strengthening of temporal inequality.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; city population; social life; social processes; social dynamics; accessibility of the urban environment; social interaction; lifestyle design

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