Social Issues in Technology: A Format for Investigation - Couverture rigide

Alcorn, Paul A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0134598768 ISBN 13 : 9780134598765

Editeur : Pearson Education (US), 1997

Synopsis

Presenting the methods and theories available for exploring the effects of technology on our lives past, present, and future, this work is designed as a primer to give investigators and students the necessary intellectual tools to begin their own research into the field. Providing a clear presentation of the underlying theories, it reduces the issues to their primary nature, helping to simplify a complex subject and support creative thought processes. It also covers chaos theory and introduces the concepts of the subject and how they apply to the subject matter of the book.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

The world is changing at an incredible rate. Most of these changes are taking place as the result of technological advances.

• We have survived Y2K.
• We are on the verge of a communications revolution.
• We have mapped the human genome in its entirety.

In the fourth edition of Social Issues in Technology, Paul Alcorn continues his systematic theme and provides the most up-to-date information concerning issues previously discussed. Chapter 4, Economics and Cultural Impetus, and Chapter 10, Catastrophic Theory: The Plague of Technological Complexity, have both been expanded. A new report on the effects of modernization on traditional Maasai societies in Tanzania and Kenya has been added.

Instructors who are using this book for a course should obtain the accompanying Instructor's Manual (ISBN: 0-13060258-2).

Présentation de l'éditeur

For courses covering Social Issues in Technology, Technology and Culture, Technological Anthropology, Technology and Ethics, or History of Technology, in technology, humanities, or social science departments.

Finely-focused on the technology-society connection, this unique text presents the methods and theories available for exploring the effects of technology on our lives—past, present, and future. It is designed as a primer to give investigators and students the necessary intellectual tools to begin their own research into the field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education (US)
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0134598768
• ISBN 13: 9780134598765
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible