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| Preface | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| The Technological Society | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Challenges in defining and Studying Technology | |
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| The Intersection of Technology and Society | |
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| Contemporary Discussions of Technology | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Technology in Society: A Historical Overview | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Study the History of Technology? | |
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| The Stone Age: The Early Beginnings of Technological Ingenuity | |
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| Ancient Technology: The Development of the Scientific Method | |
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| The Renaissance: The Awakening of the Mind through Technology | |
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| The Industrial Revolution: Revolting against Technology | |
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| Electronic Times: Hot and Cool Media | |
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| The Information Society: The Bits and Bytes Revolution | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives on Technology | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Utopian versus Dystopian Views of Technology | |
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| Theories of Technology and Society | |
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| Science and Technology Studies (STS)Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Techno-Social Designing | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Technological Design and How It Intersects with Society | |
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| Technopoles: Centres of Innovation | |
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| The Role of Research and Development (RandD) | |
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| Understanding the Social Milieu of Software Development | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| The Adoption and Diffusion of Technological Innovations | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Technological Innovations: The Process | |
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| The Classic Model of the Diffusion of Innovations | |
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| Classifying Adoption Categories | |
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| Marketing Relations with Early Adopters | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Labour of Technology | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Luddites: The Early Struggles with Technology | |
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| Technology and the Division of Labour | |
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| The Role of the Produser | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Technology and Inequality | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Digital Divide | |
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| The Global Digital Divide | |
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| The Effects of Technology Transfer on Developing Nations | |
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| Critical Perspectives of the Digital Divide | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Community in the Network Society | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Community? | |
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| Social Capital and Its Relevance to Community | |
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| Revisiting Community in the Internet Era | |
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| How is Technology Transforming the Public Sphere | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Technology-Mediated Social Relationships | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Early Beginnings of Mediated Communication | |
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| North America Calling: The Impact of the Telephone on Social Relationships | |
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| Penetration of Mediated Communication: The Impact of the Internet on Social Relationships | |
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| How Has Technology Affected Our Relationships? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| The Surveillance Society | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining and Understanding Surveillance | |
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| Foucault's Analysis of Power Relations in Society | |
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| Technology's Role in the New Surveillance | |
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| Counter-surveillance as a Means of Personal Resistance | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Ethical Dimensions of Technology | |
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| Learning Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Book's Three Central Themes | |
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| Ethical and Moral Dimensions of our Technological Society | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Questions for Critical Thought | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |