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What is Technological Determinism
1.
A doctrine focusing on the
technological
evolution of information and communication system rather than on their interaction and their subordination to the society that developed them.
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2.
The idea that technology is a social structure or force, the effects of which cannot be avoided or mitigated. Most arguments about this have been about the nature and degree of social influence over, or social construction of technology.
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3.
A perspective that views technology as an exogenous variable which has independent effects on non-technical phenomenon.
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4.
An approach that privileges the tools of social change over the actors that employ them, thus elevating social media above human agency.
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5.
The idea that technology drives change.
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6.
A philosophical stance that, in its most extreme form, views technology as and autonomous force and the primary driver of change in the modern world.
Technological
determinists believe that
technological
considerations tend to minimize or eliminate social, human, and organizational factors during the development and diffusion of a product.
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7.
The idea that technology is the fabric of the material world, thereby determining its very survival and continuity.
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8.
Theorizing social phenomena (including
technological
development) in ways that privilege
technological
variables while neglecting relevant non-
technological
ones.
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9.
The idea that technology dictates the direction of its social structure and cultural values. Changes in technology are the primary source for changes in society.
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10.
A concept based on the assumption that technologies shape societies more than vice versa. Various strands of this theoretical concept generally emphasize that
technological
development directly influences how far political organizations can provide online services and information, and indirectly produces greater incentives for political organizations to do so, as far as the general public is wired.
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11.
Argues that technology frames thought.
Learn more in: From Linguistic Determinism to Technological Determinism
12.
The notion that technology shapes society.
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13.
This approach places technology as the pivotal factor in bringing about social change. Technologies are seen as autonomous inventions that have direct effects on social life.
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14.
The belief that a society is driven by technology, which is the result of weakness of social structure or culture from Andrew Feenberg.
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