Social Aspects of Information Tech

Social Aspects of Information Technologies

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Technological Determinism ↳ set of claims made about the relationship between " technology " and " society " - technological change determines social change in a prescribed manner - OR development of technology proceeds in an autonomous manner → determined by internal logic independent of social change soft Determinism - technology is a major cause , but not the sole determinant of social change Rob Kling - interest domain in social informatics ↳ computerization and social transformation - Beginning : challenged the paradigms that dominated thinking about the introduction of technology into organizations ↳ control vs autonomy 19705/19805 - implementation of computer and electronic data Processing in American gov . and buisness ↳ computerization impact on public agencies and the polity ↳ what influences adoption of new comp . based technologies ? - Kling 's work is " theory - laden " - Examine social context of computerization - Empirical evidence to confirm or refute theory Role of Theory - influential to research ↳ setting problems , staking out Objects , leading inquiry into asserted relations - Kling 's cited works were influenced by sociological theories of structural contingency , resource dependency , and " new institutionalism " - symbolic interactionism ↳ macro - level research ↳ computerization for collective action ↳ collective behavior - move from micro to macro processes ↳ extended empirical research - computerization implied change - change implied conflict - conflict was endemic to social transformation

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