L’évaluation sociétale des TIC : quelques réflexions sur 25 ans de technology assessment
(2007) tic & société — Vol. 1, n° 1, p. 55-78 (2007)
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Valenduc, Gérard 
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- (en) This paper reviews the conceptual and institutional developments of technology assessment (TA) since 25 years, when the first TA institutions were created in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the place of ICT in this evolution. The first generation of TA relies on the concept of technological options, deals with an integrated evaluation of the various social impacts and draws scenarios for society. Anticipation of future changes and democratisation of the political decision making process are at the core of TA activities. In the nineties, a second generation of TA emerges, based on constructive TA and participative TA. This second generation is influenced by the constructivist approach in the sociology of sciences and aims at a social shaping of technology. While ICT were one of the preferred topics of the first TA generation, their place in the second generation appears to be less central. The paper proposes some hypotheses that may explain this change.
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Valenduc, G. (2007). L’évaluation sociétale des TIC : quelques réflexions sur 25 ans de technology assessment. tic & société, 1(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.4000/ticetsociete.265 (Original work published 2007)