Technology and Society The Mobile Technologies Group MTG 技术和社会 移动技术集团MTG.pptVIP

Technology and Society Convergence ? Many older forms of media are being used on the same platform ? These media are being mixed and used in new ways ? The process of generating new forms, involves taking from the older media forms Recasting Settings ? Technology has an effect on its location ? “the mobile phone pops up in new settings and, in some ways, recasts those settings” – Lang 22 Technical Determinism ? Notion that technology forms and changes society Social Determinism ? Technologies are created due to social demands. ? Users reinterpret technology to match the