ISBN: 3540416439
TITLE: Towards the information society
AUTHOR: Banse/Langenbach/Machleidt (Eds.)
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Outline
Gerhard Banse, Christian J. Langenbach, Petr Machleidt 1
I Introduction 7
The Genesis of the Project "TA-Eastern Europe"
Gerhard Banse 9
II The Concept 21
Science, Democracy and Technological Risks
Jean-Jacques Salomon 23
Concepts of Information Society and the Social Function of Information
Gotthard Bechmann 37
The Way Towards a Knowledge Society. Some Barriers not only for Countries in Transition
Lech W. Zacher 53
Problems of the Production and Application of Knowledge in a Societal Transformation. The Czech Republic's Approach to Knowledge Society
Stanislav Provaznk, Adolf Filcek, Petr Machleidt 61
Innovation and Financial Intensity of R&D in Poland as the Polish Approach to the Knowledge Society
Ewa Okon-Horodynska 75
Russian Way to Information Society and New Understanding of Information Security (Statement)
Dimitri V. Efremenko 89
III The Application Fields of TA 93
Information Technology and Organisational Change. The Concept of Technological Practice
Gerd Schienstock 95
Data - Information - Knowledge. A Trail of a Technological Enlightenment
Klaus Kornwachs 109
Information Technology. The Forgotten Dimension of Modernisation
Otto Ulrich 125
Threats of the Global Net-Internet. The State of Development and Inquiry over the Information Society in Poland
Andrzej Kiepas 133
Scientitic and Technological Progress, Democracy, Participation and Technology Assessment in Russia
Vitaly G. Gorokhov 141
Transformation of Society and Values in Slovakia
Pavel Fobel 153
IV The Judgement 161
Rationality and the Use of Language. Technology Assessment for Shaping the Knowledge Society
Armin Grunwald 163
Knowledge- and Value-Prerequisites of Evaluation and Decision-Making
Ladislav Tondl 179
Ethical Norms for the Selection and Transfer of Knowledge
Stefan Berndes 193
List of Authors 205
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