What is Science Technology Studies(STS)
What is STS ⭐
Concepts ⭐
Time Periods/History of Technology ⭐
Theories ⭐
click to edit
Feenburg Categorization of Theories :
Neutral
Value-Laden
Autonomous
Human Controlled
click to edit
click to edit
Contemporary Approaches of Technology
Advantages of the new definition
AQH Definition of Technology
Defintion of Technology
click to edit
click to edit
Determinism
Substantavism
Instrumentalism
Critical Theory
Technological Determinism
click to edit
click to edit
click to edit
proposes that technology is the driving force in developing the structure of society and culture. Technological determinists adhere to the notion that technology directs and shapes social interactions.
click to edit
Social Determinism
sees factors in society as creating specific uses of technology.
-Deterministic ideas leave no room for human choice(humans have choice and responsibility)
Technologies are autonomous and neutral
Value-Laden
Autonomous
Technology can be used for either liberating or destructive means, according to the nature of technology itself, which establishes and controls itself,which establishes and controls society,rather than by the means and goals of human actors.
Serves one purpose
Technologies are neutral and human controlled
click to edit
click to edit
It must be understood within the context of its use and development,it is not simply a means of satisfying goals,but a process which directs a specific mode of living and understanding
Neutrality vs. Value laden
click to edit
The view of technology being value-laden tends to equate technological development with human progress.
Theories of neutrality describe technology as separate from human activity, with no effect on natural ends.
Technology and its politics
click to edit
click to edit
this perspective identifies certain technologies as political phenomena in
their own right.
Two approaches / interpretations
creates social order
Inherently Political Technologies
Transhumanism & AI
click to edit
3 Main Pillars
Super Longevity
Super Happines
Super Intelligence
An intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of humans
AI technology will connect with the human body
Enhance cognition
Extension of life
Is achieved through genetics alteration
Achieving pleasure and happiness all the time
Can’t experience the lows of the lows
SCOT Concept
click to edit
Ancient Technology
Stone Age
The Renaissance
The French Revolution and Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
Electric Times
Information Society
Value-Laden
Human Controlled
click to edit
Advancements in machinery and automated processes of production
The First Industrial Revolution was about coal, water and steam, bringing with it the steam engine and innovations that enabled the large scale manufacturing of goods and products, such as textiles.
Emergence of mass media, through radio, cinema ,television
Electronic media shapes how we see the world
The collection and use of big data for predictive analytics
The creation of a networked society where connectivity is at the centre of influence
Hunter gatherer society
Emergence of stone tools
Rapid changes in understandings about materials such as smelting of iron
Invention of tools like the lever and screw
The commoditization of information through mass production and dissemination
The invention of the printing press
Development of more advanced military technologies
The publication of the Encyclopédie, the first universal and secular dictionary of human knowledge
Interpretive Flexibility
Closure and Stability
Relevant Social Groups
Wider Context
Technology is seen as a key mechanism of social change, moving society forward into new social, cultural, political, and economic ways
Practice
Society
Material Substance
Technique
Knowledge
It also integrates the concept of sociomaterial assemblage.
it does not include technology as an element to society
it views technology as embodying and reflecting knowledge, social norms, political interests and so forth
it separates technology from society
Augumentation
Automation
Simulation
Robotics
The End of Absence 
Absense of Technology
How people depend on technology
3 Main Perspectives on Surveillance
Capitalism
Rationalization
Power
Technologies impact on "new surveillance"
Community Links in Industrialization
Community Saved
Community Liberated
Community lost
Social Capital
A person or group's way to access valuable resources through a social network
Two Views on Technology
Dystopian
Utopian
Focuses on the negative impacts of technology and sees it as corruption in our world
Focuses on the positive impact of innovation of technology and sees it as a way to solve problems and create interesting things
The use of technical means to extract or create personal data
Big Data: The 5 V's
Variety
Value
Velocity
Veracity
Volume
Three approaches that describe the changes in surveillance
Revolutionary
Cultural
Functional
Bonding Social Capital
Bridging Social Capital
:
click to edit