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How to understand the relation between technology and society better?: a comparative analysis on three currently dominant perspectives on this intimate relationship in a techno-scientific society
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Universität Duisburg-Essen Campus Duisburg, Fak. für Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie
Abstract "Technologies have the power to constitute and change our lives. Societies in turn build, (mis)use, keep or abandon and give meaning to technologies. How to understand the complex relationship between technology and society? This paper aims at introducing three currently dominant perspectives on the... view more
"Technologies have the power to constitute and change our lives. Societies in turn build, (mis)use, keep or abandon and give meaning to technologies. How to understand the complex relationship between technology and society? This paper aims at introducing three currently dominant perspectives on the technologysociety relationship: technological determinism, "technology as neutral tool", and constructivism. By presenting some of their strengths as well as weaknesses, this paper is intended to provide an introductory understanding of different theoretical approaches to technology and society." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
constructivism; determinism; dependence; society; social structure; object; technology
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
City
Duisburg
Page/Pages
18 p.
Series
Working Papers kultur- und techniksoziologische Studien, 07/2010
ISSN
1866-3877
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications