Science, Technology, and Society - New Perspectives and Directions

List of contents

1. Technically based programs in science, technology, and public policy M. Granger Morgan and Douglas Sicker; 2. Comparative studies of science and technology David Horn; 3. On the origins of models of innovation: process and system approaches Benoît Godin; 4. The third wave of science studies Harry Collins and Robert Evans; 5. Legal regulation of technology: supporting innovation, managing risk, and respecting values Roger Brownsword; 6. The social shaping of technology (SST) Robin Williams; 7. Placing users and nonusers at the heart of technology Nelly Oudshoorn; 8. Scientific community Dean Keith Simonton; 9. Genetic engineering and society Jessica Cavin Barnes, Elizabeth A. Pitts, S. Kathleen Barnhill-Dilling and Jason A. Delborne; 10. Technology enables and reduces sex differences in society Jens Mazei; 11. Technology for society Todd L. Pittinsky.

About the author

Todd L. Pittinsky is a professor in the Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, and the Faculty Director of its Undergraduate College of Leadership and Service.

Summary

This book explores the ways that scientific and technological advances affect society - from politics to family life to ethics - and what we can do about them. It is a valuable aid to graduate students and researchers in the social sciences and to those in science and technology studies.

Product details

• Authors: Todd L. (Stony Brook University Pittinsky
• Assisted by: Todd L. Pittinsky (Editor), Todd L. (Stony Brook University Pittinsky (Editor), Pittinsky Todd L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781107165120
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16512-0
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Cambridge Handbooks in Psychol
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Popular psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Human–computer interaction