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Sociology. Social construction of technology ( SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists —argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology. They also argue that the ways a technology is used cannot be ...
e. According to Robin A. Williams and David Edge (1996), "Central to social shaping of technology ( SST) is the concept that there are choices (though not necessarily conscious choices) inherent in both the design of individual artifacts and systems, and in the direction or trajectory of innovation programs." If technology does not emerge from ...
Technological determinism is a reductionist theory in assuming that a society's technology progresses by following its own internal logic of efficiency, while determining the development of the social structure and cultural values. [ 1] The term is believed to have originated from Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), an American sociologist and ...
Technological determinism is the notion that technological change and development are inevitable and that the characteristics of any given technology determine how it is used by the society in which it is developed. The concept of technological determinism is dependent on the premise that social changes come about as a result of the new ...
He contributed to the concepts of technological momentum, technological determinism, large technical systems, social construction of technology, and introduced systems theory into the history of technology. His book American Genesis was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2003. [6]
Technological determinism is the idea that "features of technology [determine] its use and the role of a progressive society was to adapt to [and benefit from] technological change." [ 12 ] The alternative perspective would be social determinism which looks upon society being at fault for the "development and deployment" [ 13 ] of technologies.
Mutual shaping. (Redirected from Mutual Shaping) Mutual shaping suggests that society and technology are not mutually exclusive to one another and, instead, influence and shape each other. [1] This process is a combination of social determinism and technological determinism. The term mutual shaping was developed through science and technology ...
Technological momentum is a theory about the relationship between technology and society over time. The term, which is considered a fourth technological determinism variant, [1] was originally developed by the historian of technology Thomas P. Hughes. The idea is that relationship between technology and society is reciprocal and time-dependent ...