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Sociotechnical issues for the ubiquitous information society in 2010
Author(s) -
Funabashi Motohisa,
Homma Koichi,
Sasaki Toshiro,
Sato Yoshinori,
Kido Kunihiko,
Fukumoto Takashi,
Yano Koujin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.20565
Subject(s) - sociotechnical system , humanity , order (exchange) , service (business) , cover (algebra) , information society , knowledge management , information technology , engineering , computer science , sociology , engineering ethics , business , political science , mechanical engineering , finance , marketing , operating system , law
Impact of the ubiquitous information technology on our society is so significant that directing technological development and preparing institutional apparatus are quite important and urgent. The present paper elaborates, with the efforts by both humanity and engineering disciplines, to find the sociotechnical issues of ubiquitous information society in 2010 by inspecting social implications of emerging technology as well as social expectations. In order to deliberate the issues, scenarios are developed that describe possible life in ubiquitous information society. The derived issues cover integrating information technology and the human body, producing smart sharable environment, protecting individual rights, fostering new service business, and forming community. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 165(1): 60–67, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20565