제목: Reflexive Informatization

저자: 권기헌

Were a visionary society dreamed in the upcoming century to be the one that opens a possibility to achieve individual freedom and creativity, it would boil down to the issue of ‘self-actualization’ the actors of society. If information society has a new ‘paradigm’, clearly different from the one in industrial society, the new principle should offer a hop to solve the problem of ‘human alienation’ textured in industrial society. In this essay, we term a ‘reflexive’ information for the informatization pointing to such direction. We then elaborate on its vision and idea as well as the concept and dimension and tried to connect organically its ‘theoretical paradigm’ t the logic of information policy. The major findings and implications of this essay can be summarized as follows; First, whatever advanced information superhighway, if there were no truly matured individuals armored with subjective personalities, will be useless to accomplish a ‘human community.’ Second, the opportunities for social communication, that is not distorted, should be promoted on the basis for information sovereignty and independence. Third, reflexivity on human and nature should be heightened through deepening existential communication. And this kinds of informatization efforts should be fortified by social reforms that are aiming at autonomy and originality, trust and empowerment and coexistence an coprosperity, Finally, to achieve a reflexive informatization, endowed with the above-mentioned attributes, a new approach and perspective should be required. Above all, government, free from a bureaucratic elitism, should more focus on social values that emphasize individual freedom, independence, and subjectivity. On policy matter, the perspectives on individual information should be drastically changed, and in this vein, information sovereignty and privacy issue needs to be reemphasized. in addition, government should promote NGO activities by empowering them, particularly I the sphere of information and civic culture.