Zmiana permanentna? Refleksje o zmianie społecznej w epoce technologii cyfrowych
Permanent Change? Reflections on Social Change in the Age of Digital Technologies

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on processes of change brought about by the digital technologies. The social change caused by them is frequently being explained by reference to new paradigms, notably theories of information and network society. In the Author’s view limiting the explanation to these theories or even mainly concentrating on them is a weakness of the newest theories referring to change, transformation, social development etc. The Author attempts to answer the question which of the older theoretical orientations dating from before the emergence of the information and network society do not contribute anything at all or very little to our understanding of change and which ones are from this point of view still applicable and useful.

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