Data — information — knowledge

a trial of a technological enlightenment

Klaus Kornwachs

pp. 109-124

in: Gerhard Banse, Petr Machleidt, Dagmar Uhl, Christian J. Langenbach (eds), Towards the information society, Berlin, Springer, 2000

Abstract

The main issue of the triad "democracy — participation — technology assessment" has been focused on the transition from an Information Society to a Knowledge Society. First of all, this transition can be considered as a transition from one headline term to another one within the context of socio-technical research programs.