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Social Construction, Social Shaping, and Technological Determinism

the process of change, and that technology is an instrumental component in the transformation of organizational and social structu...

Social Informatics

on social development, the hard model is that which states technology is the dominant impact on social development (Pacey, 1983, C...

3 Technology Questions

has strong a weak forms (Cross et al, 1974). Question 2 The open source software movement may be seen in relation to the way th...

Poverty and Working Out of It

one gains a significantly better perspective of how greed and lack of social conscience reflect povertys primary causes - as well ...

How Social Interaction and Social Structure Shape Personal Experiences

seem to be too concerned with how the situation turned out; this, as I see now, was because he had a queue of others just waiting ...

The Sociology and Social Work Perspectives of Black American Pioneers

a greater effect on African Americans than practically any other book published up until that time. William H. Ferris writes in 1...

Geographic Comparison

pre-industrial city and pertains to the countrys early history. The essays in this section of the book pertain to "some of the int...

The Origins of Racist Attitudes in Modern Times

of security" (Fuentes, 2004). Journalist Dale Maharidge, in his latest book Homeland, "answers that question and raises many mo...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

Shyness And Social Anxiety Disorder

contract, not smiling at appropriate times (Bressert, 2006). The incidence of shyness is much less than that of social phobia bu...

The Significance of Social Networks for the Communities of China

people to make their own destinies - to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear that they would ne...

Determinism and Free Will

as long as there are no restrictions that keep us from doing so. We are, in other words, only as free as our environment and reali...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Society and Free Will

In three pages this paper exmaines individual responsibility and social determinism as discussed in articles written by Walter Sta...

Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Criminological Theories

commit violent criminal acts" (Nottingham Screening DNA: Exploring the Cinema-Genetics Interface). Furthermore, according to "gen...

Communications Theory and Media Change

but which are also "cumulative and significant" (Chandler, 1995). According to cultivation theory analysts, television viewing p...

Theory of Technological Determinism

In eleven pages this paper examines technological determinism in this consideration of 3 articles which contain supporting argumen...

Technological Determinism

of those who pursue technological determinism in its most extreme form believe that society is determined by technology -- that ne...

New Tools for Marketing

Included in this report are names of companies who are using social media to market their products. Starbucks and Ford are success...

Aging of the World

This study uses several research studies about social workers as its core. The focus is on social workers and the elderly. Technol...

'Moses and Monotheism' by Sigmund Freud

In five pages social amnesia is examined in terms of the evidence offered by Sigmund Freud in his work....

Biology as a Determinant of Action

The writer discusses the role genetics plays in determining behavior, and indicates that while social models and genetics together...

Daisy Miller by Henry James and Society

In five pages this 1878 novel by Henry James is examined in terms of how social conventions are thematically portrayed....

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House as a Reflection of 19th Century Social Issues

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, William Shakespeare's Othello and Social Issues

In 5 pages the ways in which these literary works consider past and present social issues are discussed....

Social Life and Intellect in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

and find neither peril nor advantage in the free interchange of their thoughts. If they meet by accident, they neither seek nor av...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

Social Transgressions in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

years old. Much of his literary talent was applied to the task of making mankind aware of his intimate attachment to nature. Law...

Rousseau's Sexual Equality in Our Society and its Impact

In twenty one pages a dissertation on mankind's inequality is included with this topic on the social impact of Rousseau's sexual e...

Social and Cultural Influence of 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...