Promoting the ICT Industry for the future with fears from the past

• Published in: Science & public policy Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 889 - 899
• Main Author: Kim, Jongheon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science; Sociology; AI governance; sociotechnical imaginary; ICT; Fourth Industrial Revolution; deregulation; Sociotechnical imaginary; Deregulation

Abstract Unlike other developed countries, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) discourse has become the central element within technology governance in Korea. This paper examines the reasons for the discourse’s success and its political and social implications. Based on the analysis of policy doc...