[CITASA] Will the real sociology of technologies stand up?

[gustavo at soc.haifa.ac.il]

This is a very good question, that even my fellow colleges in my  
department ask me from time to time.
And from time to time I try to define it to myself.
1. Sociology study the impact of technology on the social system: how  
technologies affect social change, social stratification processes,  
dating and family, culture and politics and social interaction.
2. Sociology study how social factors (Gender, culture, politics)  
affect the shaping of technological devices.
certainly there is much to add to this simple definition and I like  
very much the piece of Sassen.
gustavo

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Gustavo S. Mesch, Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Haifa
Chair-elect, Communication and Information Technologies Section
American Sociological Association
http://soc.haifa.ac.il/~gustavo




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