Beschreibung

"Information processing, with or without information technology, is of great significance today. On the one hand, the individual's role and position in a society can only be safeguarded by information skills, on the other, the information technologies have increased access to and the use of information and made them more abstract. Occupations and qualification groups which are mainly defined at information level show a high dominance in working life and in society. Reducing human computer interaction to the traditional elements of keyboard and screen - with small additions - does not do justice to the significance of this interface. On the one hand, because these elements make only rudimentary use of the broad spectrum of human possibilities, on the other, because they are a heavy physical and psychological burden due to their one-sidedness. Steps to broaden these interfaces, as has been done in other technologies, therefore seem long overdue. Changes in society are currently leading to a convergence in the use of information technologies in the private and business environment as well as in society as such. The significance of the different spheres of life has shifted dramatically: Neither working life nor leisure time are dominant, but rather a new area which is in between these two poles, yet provides room for activities. If new forms of human computer interaction become established in this area in particular, they will have a massive influence on society as a whole. If they are only relevant in niches of leisure time or working life, however, they will hardly experience a breakthrough. The example of teleworking shows that technologies and new forms of organization only stand a chance under suitable framework conditions and when they meet acceptance." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))