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  2. 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 ...

  3. Technology and society - Wikipedia

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    When an innovation achieves a certain point after it has been presented and promoted, this technology becomes part of the society. The use of technology in education provides students with technology literacy, information literacy, capacity for life-long learning, and other skills necessary for the 21st century workplace. [ 3 ]

  4. Societal innovation - Wikipedia

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    The term has been used in research, see e.g. [1], [2] but also in some official reports and documents of the European Union, where societal innovation is considered as an answer to societal challenges. A formal definition exists [3] A societal innovation introduces a novel economic and/or social improvement to people’s everyday life.

  5. Sociological theory of diffusion - Wikipedia

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    The study of the diffusion of innovations has led to advancements in awareness of three important aspects of social change: the qualities of an innovation which lead to successful diffusion, the effect of peer networking and conversations when it comes to spreading ideas, and the importance of various "user segments" (Robinson). The theory of ...

  6. Social construction of technology - Wikipedia

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    Many other social factors (e.g., the contemporary state of urbanism and transport, women's clothing habits and feminism) have influenced and changed the relative valuations of bicycle models. A weak reading of the Principle of Symmetry points out that there often are many competing theories or technologies, which all have the potential to ...

  7. Social technology - Wikipedia

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    Closely related to social technology is the term social engineering. Thorstein Veblen used 'social engineering' in 1891, but suggested that it was used earlier. [16] In the 1930s both 'social engineering and 'social technology' became associated with the large scale socio-economic policies of the Soviet Union.

  8. Biden signed a big Social Security change into law — are you ...

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    U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5., increasing the ability of retired public service workers who receive pensions to access Social Security ...

  9. Social entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    The Internet, social networking websites and social media have been pivotal resources for the success and collaboration of many social entrepreneurs. [58] In the 2000s, the Internet has become especially useful in disseminating information to a wide range of like-minded supporters in short amounts of time, even if these individuals are ...