Assimilating social values in computer-based technologies

Rob Kling

Telecommunications Policy, 1984, vol. 8, issue 2, 127-147

Abstract: This paper describes the key elements of social impact assessments for computer-based technologies. It recommends that analysts examine the infrastructural demands of new computing developments and social outcomes on 12 different criteria. Social impact analysis can be used to evaluate and select among different system alternatives and to monitor a selected system as it evolves. This paper recommends a ten stage political process which requires a project to be tracked from the early stages of design, through its implementation, and during the period it is used. The concepts developed draw upon the literatures of social impact analysis and urban planning.

Keywords: Computer-based; technologies; Social; impact; analysis; Urban; planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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