Bibframe Work

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 7

The Genesis of the Project "TA-Eastern Europe"

Gerhard Banse9

The Concept21

Science, Democracy and Technological Risks

Jean-Jacques Salomon23

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 Zacher53

Problems of the Production and Application of Knowledge

in a Societal Transformation. The Czech Republic's Approach

to Knowledge Society

Stanislav Provaznik, AdolfFildcek, Petr Machleidt61

Innovation and Financial Intensity of R&D in Poland

as the Polish Approach to the Knowledge Society

Ewa Okoh-Horodyiska75

Russian Way to Information Society and

New Understanding of Information Security (Statement)

Dimitri V. Efremenko89

III The Application Fields of TA93

Information Technology and Organisational Change.

The Concept of Technological Practice

Gerd Schienstock 95

Data - Information - Knowledge.

A Trail of a Technological Enlightenment

Klaus Kornwachs109

Information Technology.

The Forgotten Dimension of Moderisation

Otto Ulrich125

Threats of the Global Net-Internet.

The State of Development and Inquiry over the Information Society in

Poland

Andrzej Kiepas133

Scientific and Technological Progress, Democracy, Participation and

Technology Assessment in Russia

Vitaly G G orokhov 141

Transformation of Society and Values in Slovakia

Pavel Fobel153

IV The Judgement161

Rationality and the Use of Language.

Technology Assessment for Shaping the Knowledge Society

Arm in Grunwald 163

Knowledge- and Value-Prerequisites of Evaluation and Decision-Making

Ladislav Tondl 179

Ethical Norms for the Selection and Transfer of Knowledge

Stefan Berndes193

List of Authors205