ICTs and Society: The Slazburg Approach

Today I have been inform to pay attention to the research paper ICTs and Society: The Salzburg Approach. I have not read it yet, but the abstract was interesting enough to share this with you. I would be grateful for some comments ...

Abstract
There is an international debate revolving around the question whether or not the field of overlapping studies and research in Internet, Information Society, ICTs and Society, Social Informatics, Informatik und Gesellschaft, New Media, and the like, is or shall become a discipline. The answer the authors of this paper intend to give is that the best option for research in ICTs and society is to become a “transdiscipline”. The paper will explain how the term “transdiscipline” can be used to characterise a field shaped to meet what the authors think contemporary society is in need of. Aims, scope, and tools of ICTs and society research will be elaborated on. This paper is a revised version of a paper three of us presented at the IR 7.0: Internet Convergences, a conference held by the Association of Internet Researchers in Brisbane, Australia, in September 2006.