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Brimming with Rudi Voltis 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.The fully updated Seventh Edition features two all-new chapters, The Internet Age, and The Era of Smart Weapons; new coverage of globalization and its effects on cultural convergence, jobs, and technology transfer; a new section, Genetic Mapping and Screening examining the use of DNA testing in criminal cases and much more. In addition, the Seventh Edition features new part opening discussions highlighting chapter concepts, new discussion questions in every chapter, and new photos throughout.Synopsis. Table of Contents(. new to this edition)Part 1 Orientations1.

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The Nature of TechnologyDefining TechnologyTechnological Advance and the Image of ProgressTechnology as a MetaphorTechnology and RationalityTechnological Determinism (Moved from chapter 16)Living in a Technological SocietyQuestions for DiscussionNotes2. Winners and Losers: The Differential Effects of Technological ChangeTechnology as a Subversive ForceThe LudditiesNeo-LuddismWhose Technology?What Technology Can Do—And What It Cannot DoThe Technological FixWhy Technology Cant Always Fix ItThe Appeal of TechnocracyThe Technocrats DelusionQuestions for DiscussionNotesPart Two The Process of Technological Change3. The Sources of Technological ChangeTechnological Change as a Social ProcessThe Great BreakthroughThe “D” in R&DAll Together NowPush and PullBelated DemandMarket Economies and Technological AdvanceNoneconomic Sources of Technological AdvanceQuestions for DiscussionNotes4. Scientific Knowledge and Technological AdvanceThe Historical Separation of Science and TechnologyStudies of Contemporary Science-Technology RelationshipsHow Technology Differs from ScienceHow Technology Stimulates Scientific DiscoveryIndirect Effects of Technology on Scientific AdvanceThe Commonalities of Science and TechnologyThe Translation of Science into TechnologyQuestions for DiscussionNotes5. The Diffusion of TechnologyThe International Diffusion of TechnologyClever CopyistsAdaptation and AdoptionLearning to Make Steel in Old JapanAppropriate TechnologyBusiness Firms and Technological DiffusionA Risky BusinessThe NIH SyndromeEfforts to Restrict the Diffusion of TechnologyPatents and the Diffusion of TechnologyQuestions for DiscussionNotesPart Three How Technology Affects the Health of the Earth and Its Inhabitants6. Technology, Energy, and the EnvironmentFossil Fuels, Air Pollution, and Climate ChangeA Planet under StressIs Technology the Problem or the Solution?Some Technological Fixes of the PastAlternatives to Fossil FuelsDoing More with LessMore Miles to the GallonEconomic Systems, Government Policies, and the EnvironmentQuestions for DiscussionNotes7. Medical TechnologiesNew Medical Technologies: Choices and Trade-OffsThe Case of Kidney DialysisReplacing Broken HeartsDiagnostic TechnologiesMedical Technologies and Medical EthicsNew Ways of Making and Sustaining BabiesWhen Does Life End?

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When Should It?Halfway TechnologiesQuestions for DiscussionNotes8. Genetic TechnologiesThe Genetic FixDiscovering Genes and Patenting ThemBioengineering on the FarmGenetic Mapping and Screening.Cloning, Present and Future.Stem Cells and Future TherapiesThe Ethics of Genetic InterventionQuestions for DiscussionNotesPart Four Technology and the Transformation of Work9. Work in Nonindustrial SocietiesWorking with the Earliest ToolsWork and Leisure in Technologically Primitive SocietiesWork and the Development of AgricultureFarming Techniques and Patterns of WorkThe Ironies of ProgressArtisan and Craft WorkGuild Organization and Technological ChangeSlavery and the Inhibition of Technological DevelopmentThe Measurement of Time and Changed Working PatternsThe ClockQuestions for DiscussionNotes10. Technology and Jobs: More of One and Less of the Other?The Technological Threat in Historical PerspectiveA Case for OptimismHow Technology Creates JobsThe Indirect Effects of New Technologies on EmploymentThe Machines Arent Ready to Take OverTechnology, Jobs, and the Changing Structure of the EconomyTechnology and the Distribution of IncomeTechnology, Globalization, and Jobs.Rebounding from Job Losses.Benefits, but Disruption TooQuestions for DiscussionNotes11. Technological Change and Life on the JobIndustrial ProductionMachine-Paced LaborIs Technology to Blame?Industrial Technology and the Division of LaborScientific Management Once AgainIndustrial Work and Recent Technological DevelopmentsTechnological Change and White-Collar WorkTelework.Smart Technologies and Dumb Jobs?Questions for DiscussionNotesPart Five Communication12.

PrintingThe Printing RevolutionPrinting and the Expansion of KnowledgePrinting and the Rise of ProtestantismPrinting, Literacy, and Social ChangePsychological Effects of PrintingNewspapersCirculation Wars and the Shaping of Public OpinionQuestions for DiscussionNotes13. The Electronic Media: From the Telegraph to TelevisionThe Invention of RadioThe Origins of Commercial RadioThe Rise of TelevisionThe Federal Government Steps InProblems of RegulationThe Television-Viewing PublicViolence on Television and Its ConsequencesDelivering the News.Television and PoliticsTelevision and ThoughtQuestions for DiscussionNotes14. The Internet AgeThe Birth and Growth of the Internet.E-Mail and the Network Effect.Mobile Communications.More Digital Connections: Social Networks.Social Media and Social Movements.Video GamesThe Digital DivideIntellectual Property.Privacy in the Digital Age.The Electronic Media in Modern SocietyQuestions for DiscussionNotesPart Six The Tools of Destruction15.

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Weapons and Their ConsequencesMilitary Technology in the Ancient WorldMilitary Technology and the Feudal OrderNew Weapons and the Decline of FeudalismThe Gunpowder RevolutionWar and the Centralized StateTechnological Change and Naval Culture in the Era of the BattleshipWeapons and the Making of the Modern WorldQuestions for DiscussionNotes16. The Era of Smart Weapons.Cruise Missiles.Smart Bombs.High-Tech Surveillance.Drones.The Cost of Technological Sophistication.Asymmetrical Warfare.Technology and Terrorism.Cyberterrorism and CyberattacksMilitary Technologies in a Changing WorldQuestions for DiscussionNotes17. How New Weapons Emerge—And How They May Be ContainedAction and ReactionSocial Structure and the Development of Military TechnologiesOrganizational Interests and the Air WeaponSocial Revolution and the Enlargement of WarIndustrial Technology in the Service of WarControlling Military TechnologiesHistorical Attempts to Limit New WeaponsA Successful Example of Arms ControlGun Control in Old JapanThe Control of Nuclear WeaponsDeterrence, but No MoreThe Perils of ProliferationQuestions for DiscussionNotesPart Seven The Shaping and Control of Technology18. Technology and Its Creators: Whos in Charge of Whom?Technological Advance and Cultural LagTechnology, Globalization, and Cultural Convergence.Experts, Expertise, and the Shaping of TechnologyEngineers and the Control of TechnologyQuestions for DiscussionNotes19.

Organizations and Technological ChangeTechnology as a Cause of Organizational StructureTechnology as a Consequence of Organizational StructureOrganizations and New Information TechnologiesInterorganizational Relations and Technological DevelopmentOrganizations and Technological InnovationEntrepreneurs and OrganizationsQuestions for DiscussionNotes20. Governing TechnologyGovernment Actions and the Shaping of TechnologyBut Is It Really Necessary?Government Institutions for the Guidance of TechnologyProcessesThe Democratic Control of TechnologyThe Challenges of the FutureQuestions for DiscussionNotes.