Sociology 1025A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Technology Transfer, High Tech, Digital Photography
17 Apr 2018
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Technopole = to describe specialized cities dedicated soley to technological innovation. Extensive testing, developing, and prototyping take place during the design phase of a new product (often extends over a long period of time) J. k jett (head of us federal communications commission) announced ability for first cellphone use in 1945 however, cellphones did not become widely available until around 2002. Google to start working for facebook and was suddenly no longer granted authorization to publish his book. Understanding how design unfolds & science and technology studies: multiple factor principle: no longer stresses the relevance of the single inventor, but employs the idea of a coming together of individuals and economic, social, historical, and political factors. Instead, technology and society are both seen as forces that together influence and shape each other. Shows that it is not only technology that is driving communication, other trends in society occur simultaneously with technological change.
