[SOCY 284] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 62 pages long Study Guide!

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

Document Summary

Sociology of info and commucation technology9/14/2015 5:20:00 pm. Questions of values and ethics in science technology is social. Weinberg argued technology can solve some social problems. Hrethoughtmass production solved poverty, expanding the prodctive capacity so there was enough to go around for everyone but he neglected the diff levels of ppl in society. Also forgot automation robots doing work replacing human labour, technology is contributing to that social problem of poverty. Supposed to fix crime and terrorism amd personal costs of human operators (costs too much money to employ that many people) They are no too focused on technology to help solve the issue rather than focusing on the issue right now and trying to solve it technologies have histories. Peopleand professions : computer operators , defense department, military. Organizations : world wide web processes: and technologies : computers. Internet was built for military purposes not for peoples everyday use, so military could communicate in secure ways.