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  2. Societal innovation - Wikipedia

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    Societal innovation refers to a systemic change in the interplay of the state and civil society. It is a relative of social innovation , but differs from it by considering the state to be an important co-creator in achieving sustainable systemic change.

  3. Social construction of technology - Wikipedia

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    According to Winner, this results in conservative and elitist sociology. It is superficial in that it focuses on how the immediate needs, interests, problems and solutions of chosen social groups influence technological choice, but disregards any possible deeper cultural, intellectual or economic origins of social choices concerning technology.

  4. Social innovation - Wikipedia

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    Social innovation includes the social processes of innovation, such as open source methods and techniques and also the innovations which have a social purpose—like activism, crowdfunding, time-based currency, telehealth, cohousing, coworking, universal basic income, collaborative consumption, social enterprise, participatory budgeting, repair ...

  5. Diffusion of innovations - Wikipedia

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    Research on actor-network theory (ANT) also identifies a significant overlap between the ANT concepts and the diffusion of innovation which examine the characteristics of innovation and its context among various interested parties within a social system to assemble a network or system which implements innovation.

  6. Critical mass (sociodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    Recent technology research in platform ecosystems shows that apart from the quantitative notion of a “sufficient number”, critical mass is also influenced by qualitative properties such as reputation, interests, commitments, capabilities, goals, consensuses, and decisions, all of which are crucial in determining whether reciprocal behavior ...

  7. Structural functionalism - Wikipedia

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    Innovation occurs when an individual strives to attain the accepted cultural goals but chooses to do so in novel or unaccepted method. Ritualism occurs when an individual continues to do things as prescribed by society but forfeits the achievement of the goals.

  8. Theories of technology - Wikipedia

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    Theories of technological change and innovation attempt to explain the factors that shape technological innovation as well as the impact of technology on society and culture. Some of the most contemporary theories of technological change reject two of the previous views: the linear model of technological innovation and other, the technological ...

  9. Cultural invention - Wikipedia

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    A cultural invention is any innovation developed by people. [1] Cultural inventions include sets of behaviour adopted by groups of people. They are perpetuated by being passed on to others within the group or outside it. They are also passed on to future groups and generations. [2]