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STS.462 Social and Political Implications of Technology | Science, Technology, and Society

This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the interaction of technology with social and political values. Emphasis is on how technological devices, structures, and systems influence the organization of society and the behavior of its members. Examples are drawn from the technologies of war, transportation, communication, production, and reproduction.... Show More

Keywords:: military history, fire prevention, development, civilization, war, electrification, Taylorism, Anthropology, aviation, history, American history, Political Science, planning, History of Science and Technology, Design, Sociology, risk, business

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Graduate School
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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