NATS 1775 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes
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17th century, used to describe treatise or study of industrial (practical) arts. Popular theories of technological development: technological determinism, defining determinism. Viewpoint that regards technology as the prime agent of social and organizational change. Technology is seen as an independent entity that changes and shapes society autonomous force that once invented, appears to have a life of its own . Once an object is invented, this artifact then transforms society and the way humans interact with one another. It provides people with simple and easy to understand explanations. 1960"s great time of social, economic change (sexual revolution) The reason was caused by the intro of the birth control pill. Before birth control, people had to take caution with sexual behavior. Media has limited space and time to persuade you, therefore they condense it into simple terms. Determinism may be wrong because the answers may be too simple (explanations)
