Toward Understanding the Social Impact of Computers. IFF Report R-29.

Autor/in	Amara, Roy
Institution	Institute for the Future, Menlo Park, CA.
Titel	Toward Understanding the Social Impact of Computers. IFF Report R-29.
Quelle	(1974), (141 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Attitudes; Computer Programs; Computer Science Education; Computers; Conference Reports; Data Processing; Decision Making; Financial Policy; Futures (of Society); Public Opinion; Scientific Literacy; Simulation; Social Attitudes; Social Change; Technological Advancement; Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Computer program; Computer programme; Computerprogramm; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Digitalrechner; Datenverarbeitung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Future; Society; Zukunft; Öffentliche Meinung; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialer Wandel; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Wertbegriff
Abstract	Summaries of four workshops sponsored by the Institute For The Future (IFF) are presented. Each focuses on a particular aspect of the social impact of computers: (1) computer models and simulations as aids to decision making; (2) the use of computers in financial operations; (3) perceptions, attitudes, and literacy regarding computers (i.e., knowledge about the capabilities and limitations of computers in meeting human needs); and (4) individual access to computers. Workshop participants and the IFF staff conclude that there is a need for the public to acquire a deeper understanding of how computers affect the decisions individuals and organizations make, the goods and services they produce, and the world that individuals perceive. It is also concluded that such improved understanding must be acquired in the near future. A program of education for the public is then proposed. (Author/DGC)
Anmerkungen	Institute for the Future, 2740 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 ($10.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC