Assessing the impacts of information technology

InhaltsverzeichnisResearch 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.