Assessing the Impacts of Information Technology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Research on Impacts of Technologies — Objectives, Functions, and Philosophies —.
• Technology Assessment: Some Aspects Related to Information Technology.
• Social Science Research about the Consequences of Modern Information Technologies.
• Impact Research and Research Policy — An Analytical Framework —.
• Practicability, Applicability, and Benefits of Research on Impacts — The Story Behind the Scenery —.
• The NSI Project.
• Review of Selected Technology Assessment Studies of Information Technologies in the United States of America.
• Pitfalls of Current Methodologies of Technology Assessment Can We Avoid the Negative Effects of Information Technology?.
• How to Get Good Research Results? — Research Strategies and Special Issues —.
• Some Remarks on Strategic Considerations for Technology Assessment.
• A Constructive Approach for Impact Research on Information Technology.
• Anticipating Future Use of Technology — Factors Influencing Technology Transfer in General and from Government R & D Agencies in Particular —.
• Public Participation in Technology Assessment.
• The Practice of Project Choice and Assessment — The FAST Programme —.
• Some Glimpses on the International Co-operation in R & D.
• About the Authors.
• Participants.