Technological Determinism

Document Type : Research َ Article

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1 Ph.D. Student in Library and Information Science; Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Tehran, I.R. Iran

2 Lecturer; Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This research aimed to study and answer probable questions on different theories and views about technology, its increasing popularity and scholars’ views about its positive, negative and post-modernist dimensions.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The methodology applied in this study was a review of the relevant literature.
Findings: In accordance with the purpose of the study, three main groups were identified. The first group contained those who have a positive view about technology. They consider the development of technology to be the basic reason for economic, cultural and social progress. Accordingly they seek a knowledge-based economy in technological developments. Members of the second group have a negative view about technology. They consider the penetration of technology into different aspects of human life, as a kind of invasion of privacy. In this view technology is seen as a means of exposing the most private aspects of life to others. The third group has a post-modernist view on technology and its consequences i.e. they challenge technology since it causes some damage to nature.

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  • Receive Date: 04 April 2009
  • Revise Date: 21 April 2015
  • Accept Date: 08 September 2009

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