SOCY 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Loose Coupling, Technological Determinism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 284
• Professor: Norma Mollers

Document Summary

Hard technological determinism: technology us the single most important cause for social change. Soft technological determinism: technology is the most important cause for social change, but other factors might be necessary. Justi catory technological determinism: deployed largely by actors it is the type of technological determinism used by employers to justify downsizing and reorganization. Analyze for what strategic purposes actors us td, and with what consequences. If we agree that technology doesn"t determine social events then we also agree that technology is a social force. Winner is trying to gure out the understanding the effects of technology with technological determinism or social determinism politics vs. But forms of power and authority in human associations as well as the activities that take place within those arrangements . Technologies can be political in 2 ways: Robert moses built the roads to and from long island. He built low overpasses so only cars can pass, this was poor people could not reaching island.