NATS 1775 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Second Industrial Revolution, Making Money, Civilizing Mission
19 Sep 2013
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Technological determinism: is a viewpoint that regards technology as the prime agent of social and organizational change, technology determines what society looks like, defining society based on technology that is used within it. Problem: the ideas of determinism are too simplistic; this is why it is popular in the media. Once humans create the technology they cannot control it: technology as applied science. It is a theory that suggests that technology is a result of scientific research. Many of our technologies, in our modern world (late 1800"s to present), derive from scientific research. This theory isn"t true, it doesn"t make sense if we are talking about technological advancement in early eras of life: necessity is the mother of invention. Themes: how users shape new technologies (i. e. User can shape new technology to their own needs based on social and/or cultural factors. Based on popularity of the invention: technology and issues of race, class, culture and gender.
