Techno-Social Systems—A Value-Based Model for Digitalisation
In the age of global challenges, digitalisation in any social system must be shaped for the common good and not for particular economic interests. In order to do so, it is incumbent upon studies of information to explicate the possibility of such a design. How can the interplay of social and technol...
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| description | In the age of global challenges, digitalisation in any social system must be shaped for the common good and not for particular economic interests. In order to do so, it is incumbent upon studies of information to explicate the possibility of such a design. How can the interplay of social and technological factors be modelled to allow for digital humanism? The author proposes the model of so-called “techno-social systems”. By terming them so, they shall be differentiated from usually being called—in reverse order—“socio-technical systems”. This study shall make clear that a techno-social system is a specification of a social system and not the other way around. The shaping of such a system can then be understood by a cycle of ideal values, value dispositions and value qualities. It is this cycle that can be influenced by social actors. It can materialise digital humanism through compliance with imperatives concerning the technological support for worldwide governance, worldwide dialogue and worldwide netizenship. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c12c8f0b0f6d4e48822ba8d9fb120daf2025-08-20T02:42:40ZengMDPI AGComputer Sciences & Mathematics Forum2813-03242023-08-0181310.3390/cmsf2023008003Techno-Social Systems—A Value-Based Model for DigitalisationWolfgang Hofkirchner0The Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 1220 Vienna, AustriaIn the age of global challenges, digitalisation in any social system must be shaped for the common good and not for particular economic interests. In order to do so, it is incumbent upon studies of information to explicate the possibility of such a design. How can the interplay of social and technological factors be modelled to allow for digital humanism? The author proposes the model of so-called “techno-social systems”. By terming them so, they shall be differentiated from usually being called—in reverse order—“socio-technical systems”. This study shall make clear that a techno-social system is a specification of a social system and not the other way around. The shaping of such a system can then be understood by a cycle of ideal values, value dispositions and value qualities. It is this cycle that can be influenced by social actors. It can materialise digital humanism through compliance with imperatives concerning the technological support for worldwide governance, worldwide dialogue and worldwide netizenship.https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0324/8/1/3digital humanismideal valuesvalue dispositionsvalue qualitiestechnology assessmentsocial responsibility |
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| title | Techno-Social Systems—A Value-Based Model for Digitalisation |
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| title_fullStr | Techno-Social Systems—A Value-Based Model for Digitalisation |
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| title_short | Techno-Social Systems—A Value-Based Model for Digitalisation |
| title_sort | techno social systems a value based model for digitalisation |
| topic | digital humanism ideal values value dispositions value qualities technology assessment social responsibility |
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