Society and Technological Change 1st Edition by Rudi Volti ISBN 1429278978 978-1429278973

Society and Technological Change 1st Edition by Rudi Volti – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 1429278978, 978-1429278973

Full download Society and Technological Change 1st Edition after payment

 

Product details:

ISBN 10: 1429278978 

ISBN 13: 978-1429278973

Author: Rudi Volti

Society and Technological Change is the best text available for undergraduate courses exploring the relationship between societal and technological change Brimming with Rudi Volti’s expertise and enthusiasm for its dynamic subject, this always timely volume helps students grasp the vast societal implications of a wide range of technological breakthroughs, both historic and contemporary.

Table of contents:

Part 1 Orientations

1 The Nature of Technology
2 Winners and Losers: The Differential Effects of Technological Change

Part Two The Process of Technological Change

3 The Sources of Technological Change
4 Scientific Knowledge and Technological Advance
5 The Diffusion of Technology

Part Three How Technology Affects the Health of the Earth and Its Inhabitants

6 Technology, Energy, and the Environment
7 Medical Technologies
8 Genetic Technologies

Part Four Technology and the Transformation of Work

9 Work in Nonindustrial Societies
10 Technology and Jobs: More of One and Less of the Other?
11 Technological Change and Life on the Job

Part Five Communication

12 Printing
13 The Electronic Media: From the Telegraph to Television
14 The Internet Age

Part Six The Tools of Destruction

15 Weapons and Their Consequences
16 The Era of Smart Weapons
17 How New Weapons Emerge—And How They May Be Contained

Part Seven The Shaping and Control of Technology

18 Technology and Its Creators: Whos in Charge of Whom?
19 Organizations and Technological Change
20 Governing Technology

 

People also search for:

society and technological
    
is technology good or bad for society
    
what is the relationship between technology and society
    
what is technology and society
    
is technology good for society

Tags: Rudi Volti, Society and, Technological Change