The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Family and Society, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
PLoS One. 2023 Sep 8;18(9):e0288954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288954. eCollection 2023.
Humanity may be facing untold threats and possible benefits as a result of the burgeoning 4th Industrial Revolution. New technologies introduced by the 4th Industrial Revolution have been purported to be gradually diminishing humans' capacities like compassion and cooperation. Challenges such as security, trust, liability and personal data privacy issues are also being triggered which calls for stricter regulations. Emerging digital innovations allegedly attempts to widen the social and economic gap between the elites and the non-elites or the rich and the poor. Furthermore, other literature has pinpointed some of these propositions as skewed and biased, tending to ignore some other salient issues. The family, as a microcosm of a larger society, is certainly influenced by these technological interplay. It is therefore of great importance that keen attention is given to the family unit and its proper coherence and functioning within the sphere of the burgeoning terrain of the 4th Industrial Revolution. As such, this study seeks to undertake a systematic review by identifying, summarising and synthesising currently available research on the relationships between the emerging 4th Industrial Revolution and family cohesion.
人类可能正面临着第四次工业革命带来的难以言喻的威胁和潜在的好处。第四次工业革命带来的新技术据称正在逐渐削弱人类的同情心和合作能力等能力。安全、信任、责任和个人数据隐私等问题也随之引发，这就需要更严格的监管。新兴的数字创新据称试图扩大精英和非精英或富人和穷人之间的社会和经济差距。此外，其他文献也指出，其中一些观点存在偏差和偏见，往往忽略了其他一些突出问题。家庭作为一个更大社会的缩影，肯定会受到这些技术相互作用的影响。因此，非常重要的是，要密切关注家庭单位及其在第四次工业革命蓬勃发展的领域中的适当一致性和功能。因此，本研究旨在通过识别、总结和综合目前关于新兴第四次工业革命与家庭凝聚力之间关系的研究，进行系统综述。
