TECHNOLOGY AND VALUES

Technology and Values



Technology and Values

Introduction

The paper answers questions about the chapter “White”, from the perspective of Socio technical systems (Dyer R., 2002).

Question 1

How do established, functioning technologies affect social values?

The technologies highly impact the society by changing expectations and realities of the people. Technologies affect the societal values, and the ways in which people interact and communicate with each other. For example, we can consider the increasing communication technologies in this electronic age. Few years back, when the use of cellular phones and social networking websites was not as common, the expectations of people from the society ...