Advertisement
| volti society and technological change: Society and Technological Change, Fourth Edition Rudi Volti, 2001 Argues that society pushes for technological change that, in turn, shapes society. |
| volti society and technological change: Society and Technological Change Rudi Volti, 2005-06-07 Provides a comprehensive introduction to the interactions of society and technology. The new fifth edition includes coverage of such timely topics as cloning, stem-cell research, genetically modified foods, terrorism, intellectual property, and the global impact of the internet. |
| volti society and technological change: Society and Technological Change Rudi Volti, Jennifer Croissant, 2024-03-19 Society and Technological Change continues to be the essential text for exploring the relationship between human societies and the ever-evolving landscape of technology. The ninth edition follows the historical trajectory of technological development and its profound impact on various aspects of human life, from communication and healthcare to economic systems and governance. At the same time, it shows how these technologies have themselves been shaped by social, economic, cultural, and political forces, and that the study of technology is important not just for its own sake but also for what it tells us about the kinds of societies we make for ourselves. With its engaging writing style and thought-provoking content, this new edition continues to be an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and anyone seeking a deep understanding of the intricate bond between society and technology in our ever-evolving world. |
| volti society and technological change: Society and Technological Change Rudi Volti, 2017-01-09 Society and Technological Change is the best text available for undergraduate courses exploring the relationship between societal and technological change Brimming with Rudi Volti's expertise and enthusiasm for its dynamic subject, this always timely volume helps students grasp the vast societal implications of a wide range of technological breakthroughs, both historic and contemporary. |
| volti society and technological change: An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations Rudi Volti, 2011-10-11 The Sociology of Work and Occupations, Second Edition connects work and occupations to the key subjects of sociological inquiry: social and technological change, race, ethnicity, gender, social class, education, social networks, and modes of organization. In 15 chapters, Rudi Volti succinctly but comprehensively covers the changes in the world of work, encompassing everything from gathering and hunting to working in today′s Information Age. This book introduces students to a highly relevant analysis of society today. In this new and updated edition, globalization and technology are each given their own chapter and discussed in great depth. |
| volti society and technological change: Technology, Politics, And Society In China Rudi Volti, 2019-07-11 This study is the first to summarize the major technological policies implemented in China since 1949 and to place them in their social and historical context. Dr. Volti looks at technological change in China as part of a broader process of economic, political, cultural, and organizational change, focusing primarily on four key areas—agriculture, energy, ground transportation, and medicine and public health. He emphasizes how technological change has been shaped by political and ideological structures, notes how China’s unique cultural heritage has affected adoption of technologies developed outside China, and assesses China’s success in developing technologies appropriate to its specific needs as an economically and politically developing nation. He draws on interviews with technicians engaged in the transfer of technology to China as well as extensive primary source materials. |
| volti society and technological change: Cars and Culture Rudi Volti, 2006-03-10 A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development. |
| volti society and technological change: Technology in World Civilization, revised and expanded edition Arnold Pacey, Francesca Bray, 2021-08-03 The new edition of a milestone work on the global history of technology. This milestone history of technology, first published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent research, broke new ground by taking a global view, avoiding the conventional Eurocentric perspective and placing the development of technology squarely in the context of a world civilization. Case studies include technological dialogues between China and West Asia in the eleventh century, medieval African states and the Islamic world, and the United States and Japan post-1950. It examines railway empires through the examples of Russia and Japan and explores current synergies of innovation in energy supply and smartphone technology through African cases. The book uses the term technological dialogue to challenges the top-down concept of technology transfer, showing instead that technologies are typically modified to fit local needs and conditions, often triggering further innovation. The authors trace these encounters and exchanges over a thousand years, examining changes in such technologies as agriculture, firearms, printing, electricity, and railroads. A new chapter brings the narrative into the twenty-first century, discussing technological developments including petrochemicals, aerospace, and digitalization from often unexpected global viewpoints and asking what new kind of industrial revolution is needed to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene. |
| volti society and technological change: Wind Energy in America Robert W. Righter, 1996 Relates the history of the efforts to capture the power of wind for electricity, from the first European windmills to California's wind farms of the late twentieth century. |
| volti society and technological change: A History of Science in Society Lesley Cormack, Andrew Ede, 2012-03-12 A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. In this edition, the authors examine the robust intellectual exchange between East and West and provide new discussions of two women in science: Maria Merian and Maria Winkelmann. A chapter on the relationship between science and war has been added as well as a section on climate change. The further readings section has been updated to reflect recent contributions to the field. Other new features include timelines at the end of each chapter, 70 upgraded illustrations, and new maps of Renaissance Europe, Captain James Cook's voyages, the 2nd voyage of the Beagle, and the main war front during World War I. |
| volti society and technological change: Technology and Globalisation David Pretel, Lino Camprubí, 2018-06-13 This book examines the role of experts and expertise in the dynamics of globalisation since the mid-nineteenth century. It shows how engineers, scientists and other experts have acted as globalising agents, providing many of the materials and institutional means for world economic and technical integration. Focusing on the study of international connections, Technology and Globalisation illustrates how expert practices have shaped the political economies of interacting countries, entire regions and the world economy. This title brings together a range of approaches and topics across different regions, transcending nationally-bounded historical narratives. Each chapter deals with a particular topic that places expert networks at the centre of the history of globalisation. The contributors concentrate on central themes including intellectual property rights, technology transfer, tropical science, energy production, large technological projects, technical standards and colonial infrastructures. Many also consider methodological, theoretical and conceptual issues. |
| volti society and technological change: Hollyworld Aida Hozic, 2018-10-18 Hollywood is currently one of the largest and most profitable sectors of the U.S. economy. In just a few decades, it has transformed itself from a dying company town into a merchandising emporium of movies, games, and licensed characters. It is quickly moving even further into cyberspace, virtual reality, and digital imaging. Aida Hozic writes of these enormous changes in the film industry from a novel perspective: by tracing shifts in spatial organization of film production from the enclosed worlds of old Hollywood studios through globally dispersed location shooting to digital production and distribution. Hozic's fascinating tale of latter-day capitalism suggests that the physical reorganization of production—across the American economy, but in Hollywood in particular—alters material and conceptual boundaries between work and leisure, public and private, reality and fantasy. Particular economic regimes and forms of spatial organization have specific moral implications, and so the story of Hollywood's cultural production is partly a story of censorship and moral surveillance. Hozic's account of industrial change in Hollywood, and of its attempts at moral control over the production of fantasy, is an illuminating confrontation with the peculiar nature of Hollywood's political authority and of its complex power. |
| volti society and technological change: Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature William F. Ogburn, 1922 |
| volti society and technological change: Light Years Brian Clegg, 2018-02-14 The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. |
| volti society and technological change: Building a New Society Zahid Parvez, 2007-07-01 The book expounds the vision of Islam for man and society and presents the broad process Islam has laid down for realising this vision. It reminds the readers of the purpose of the Muslim world-community, highlights the problems and key challenges that are presented by secular-materialism and clarifies the Islamic methodology for guiding and directing social change in a systematic and comprehensive way. Some of the issues addressed include: What kind of change does Islam aim to promote in social life? Where does the process of change start from? Should change be revolutionary or gradual? What bearing should the social context have on strategies and methods? |
| volti society and technological change: Technological Transitions and System Innovations Frank W. Geels, 2005-01-01 This important book addresses how long term and large scale shifts from one socio-technical system to another come about, using insights from evolutionary economics, sociology of technology and innovation studies. These major changes involve not just technological changes, but also changes in markets, regulation, culture, industrial networks and infrastructure. The book develops a multi-level perspective, arguing that transitions take place through the alignment of multiple processes at three levels: niche, regime and landscape. This perspective is illustrated by detailed historical case studies: the transition from sailing ships to steamships, the transition from horse-and-carriage to automobiles and the transition from propeller-piston engine aircraft to turbojets. This book will be of great interest to researchers in innovation studies, evolutionary economics, sociology of technology and environmental studies. It will also be useful for policy makers involved in long-term sustainability and systems transitions issues. |
| volti society and technological change: Executive Intent LP Dale Brown, 2010-05-11 The deadliest strike will come from outer space When America develops the most powerful defense system in history, will it be used to protect the nation—or will it be used to force universal domination? This question must be answered in the stillness of outer space and the corridors of the White House. The United States has just unleashed the most powerful weapon in history—a missile-launching satellite called Thor's Hammer that can strike anywhere on the planet in seconds. Now the United States stands unchecked in military dominance. Or does it? The world's other major superpowers, Russia and China, are rocked by America's development, and they scramble to respond by gaining control of the seas. When terrorists hijack Pakistani missiles and fire them at Indian cities, U.S. president Joseph Gardner has only one option: to use the untested Thor's Hammer. But something goes awry and the Hammer misses one of its targets, killing thousands of Pakistani civilians. In retaliation, Pakistan and the Middle East decide to give China strategic naval advantage by granting it access to Middle Eastern ports. To make matters worse, days after the crisis, Somali pirates board a Chinese freighter off the coast of Mogadishu and slaughter the crew. China responds by brutally attacking and then occupying Somalia, quickly setting up missile pads that can target U.S. naval ships across vital sea-lanes in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, as well as any ships transiting the Suez Canal. Now the U.S. high command is on red alert and the country's security is in total jeopardy. . . . Another flash point quickly emerges—in Earth's orbit. When Chinese and Russian spacecraft surround an American space station, the threat is clear: negotiate and compromise, or China and Russia will cripple the U.S. Navy with ballistic missiles. Retired Air Force lieutenant general Patrick McLanahan returns to assist the commander of the U.S. Space Defense Force, Kai Raydon. But can McLanahan and Raydon stop the Chinese and Russian spaceships? Or will the world's superpowers be plunged into a full-scale war? All the while, President Gardner must face threats from within when his own vice president begins to challenge his decisions—and maybe even his job. With Executive Intent, the New York Times bestselling master thriller-writer Dale Brown crafts an action-packed tale of intrigue and technological weaponry that pits the world's superpowers in a contest for Earth's oceans and ultimate high ground—space. |
| volti society and technological change: DNA Technology in Forensic Science National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life Sciences, Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science, 1992-02-01 Matching DNA samples from crime scenes and suspects is rapidly becoming a key source of evidence for use in our justice system. DNA Technology in Forensic Science offers recommendations for resolving crucial questions that are emerging as DNA typing becomes more widespread. The volume addresses key issues: Quality and reliability in DNA typing, including the introduction of new technologies, problems of standardization, and approaches to certification. DNA typing in the courtroom, including issues of population genetics, levels of understanding among judges and juries, and admissibility. Societal issues, such as privacy of DNA data, storage of samples and data, and the rights of defendants to quality testing technology. Combining this original volume with the new update-The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence-provides the complete, up-to-date picture of this highly important and visible topic. This volume offers important guidance to anyone working with this emerging law enforcement tool: policymakers, specialists in criminal law, forensic scientists, geneticists, researchers, faculty, and students. |
| volti society and technological change: A-Level Law in Action Brenda Mothersole, Ann Ridley, 1995 This carefully structured and approachably written text emphasises active learning and encourages discussion. The first section provokes the student to examine how the law works and its role in society. After a central section which introduces Tort and Contract in depth, the third section challenges readers to solve legal problems in the key contexts of the marketplace, employment, the family and crime. The substantial base of case and statute law is brightly and freshly presented. Emphasising the development of legal skills and the social context of law, Mothersole and Ridley will kindle the interest of a new generation of students. |
| volti society and technological change: Law in an Era of Smart Technology Susan Brenner, 2007-12-31 Should law be technologically neutral, or should it evolve as human relationships with technology become more advanced? In Law in an Era of Smart Technology, Susan Brenner analyzes the complex and evolving interactions between law and technology and provides a thorough and detailed account of the law in technology at the beginning of the 21st century. Brenner draws upon recent technological advances, evaluating how developing technologies may alter how humans interact with each other and with their environment. She analyzes the development of technology as shifting from one of use to one of interaction, and argues that this interchange needs us to reconceptualize our approach to legal rules, which were originally designed to prevent the misuse of older technologies. As technologies continue to develop over the next several decades, Brenner argues that the laws directed between human and technological relationships should remain neutral. She explains how older technologies rely on human implementation, but new smart technology will be completely automated. This will eventually lead to, as she explains, the ultimate progression in our relationship with technology: the fusion of human physiology and technology. Law in an Era of Smart Technology provides a detailed, historically-grounded explanation as to why our traditional relationship with technology is evolving and why a corresponding shift in the law is imminent and necessary. |
| volti society and technological change: Mr. Science and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution Chunjuan Nancy Wei, Darryl E. Brock, 2013 China is emerging as a new superpower in science and technology, reflected in the success of its spacecraft and high-velocity Maglev trains. While many seek to understand the rise of China as a technologically-based power, the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s may seem an unlikely era to explore for these insights. Despite the widespread verdict of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution as an unmitigated disaster for China, a number of recent scholars have called for re-examining Maoist science--both in China and in the West. At one time Western observers found much to admire in Chairman Mao's mass science, his egalitarian effort to take science out of the ivory tower and place it in the hands of the disenfranchised peasant, the loyal worker, and the patriot soldier. Chunjuan Nancy Wei and Darryl E. Brock have assembled a rich mix of talents and topics related to the fortunes and misfortunes of science, technology, and medicine in modern China, while tracing its roots to China's other great student revolution--the May Fourth Movement. Historians of science, political scientists, mathematicians, and others analyze how Maoist science served modern China in nationalism, socialism, and nation-building--and also where it failed the nation and the Chinese people. If the Cultural Revolution contributed to China's emerging space program and catalyzed modern malaria treatments based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, it also provided the origins of a science talent gap and the milieu from which a one-child policy would arise. Given the fundamental importance of China today, and of East Asia generally, it is imperative to have a better understanding of its most recent scientific history, but especially that history in a period of crisis and how that crisis was resolved. What is at issue here is not only the specific domain of the history of science, but the social and scientific policies of China generally as they developed and were applied prior to, during, and after the Cultural Revolution. |
| volti society and technological change: Brave New World Aldous Huxley, 2011-07-01 This classic novel of a perfectly engineered society is “one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the twentieth century” (The Wall Street Journal). Half a millennium from now, in the World State, the watchword is that every one belongs to every one else. No matter what class of human you are bred to be—from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide the manual labor—you are a part of the efficient, well-oiled whole. You are nourished, secure, and blissfully serene thanks to the freely distributed drug called soma. And while sex is strongly encouraged, the old way of procreation is forbidden, eliminating even the pains of childbirth. But when a man and woman journey beyond these confines to where the “savages” reside, and bring back two outsiders, the cracks begin to show. Named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, Brave New World is one of the first truly dystopian novels. Influenced by the historic events of Huxley’s era yet as relevant today as ever, it is a remarkable depiction of the conflict between progress and the human spirit. “Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing.” —Providence Journal-Bulletin “It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” —The New York Times Book Review |
| volti society and technological change: Adult Learning in the Digital Age Neil Selwyn, Stephen Gorard, John Furlong, 2006-03-22 This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of new technology in a learning society. They invite debate on: why ICTs are believed to be capable of affecting positive change in adult learning the drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult education what makes a lifelong learner the wider social, economic, cultural and political realities of the information age and the learning society. Adult Learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the existing debate, highlighting the complex realities of the learning society and e-learning rhetoric. It tells the story of those who are excluded from the learning society, and offers a set of strong recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers, and politicians, as well as researchers and students. |
| volti society and technological change: The Legend of the Black Mecca Maurice J. Hobson, 2017-10-03 For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname the black Mecca. Atlanta's long tradition of black education dates back to Reconstruction, and produced an elite that flourished in spite of Jim Crow, rose to leadership during the civil rights movement, and then took power in the 1970s by building a coalition between white progressives, business interests, and black Atlantans. But as Maurice J. Hobson demonstrates, Atlanta's political leadership--from the election of Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, through the city's hosting of the 1996 Olympic Games--has consistently mishandled the black poor. Drawn from vivid primary sources and unnerving oral histories of working-class city-dwellers and hip-hop artists from Atlanta's underbelly, Hobson argues that Atlanta's political leadership has governed by bargaining with white business interests to the detriment of ordinary black Atlantans. In telling this history through the prism of the black New South and Atlanta politics, policy, and pop culture, Hobson portrays a striking schism between the black political elite and poor city-dwellers, complicating the long-held view of Atlanta as a mecca for black people. |
| volti society and technological change: Havoc and Reform James P. Kraft, 2021-03-02 How disasters—that have wrecked work sites throughout American history, in all parts of the nation and all sectors of the economy—have also inspired policy reform. Workplace disasters have wreaked havoc on countless American workers and their families. They have resulted in widespread death and disability as well as the loss of property and savings. These tragic events have also inspired safety reforms that reshaped labor conditions in ways that partially compensated for death, suffering, and social dislocation. In Havoc and Reform, James P. Kraft encourages readers to think about such disastrous events in new ways. Placing the problem of workplace safety in historical context, Kraft focuses on five catastrophes that shocked the nation in the half century after World War II, a time when service-oriented industries became the nation's leading engines of job growth. Looking to growing areas of economic life in the Western Sunbelt, Kraft touches on the 1947 explosion of the Texas City Monsanto Chemical Company plant, the 1956 airliner collision over the Grand Canyon, the hospital collapses following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the 1980 fire at the Las Vegas MGM Grand, and the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building. These incidents destroyed places of employment that seemed safe and affected a relatively wide range of working people, including highly trained, salaried professionals and blue- and white-collar groups. And each took a toll on the general public, increasing fears that anyone could be in danger of being killed or injured and putting pressure on public officials to prevent similar tragedies in the future. As Kraft considers how these tragedies transformed individual lives and specific work environments, he describes how employees, employers, and public leaders reacted to each event. Presented chronologically, his studies offer a unique and sobering outlook on the rise of a now vital and integral part of the national economy. They also underscore the ubiquity and persistence of workplace disasters in American history while building on and challenging literature about the impact of World War II in the American West. Within a broader frame, they speak to the double-edged nature of modern life. |
| volti society and technological change: New Glory Ralph Peters, 2005 A controversial strategist and military expert shatters the dogmas of both left and right to explain why the U.S. is morally and strategically right to expand its influence across the developing world. |
| volti society and technological change: Technology in Criminal Justice Michael Whalen, 2010-08-10 Save time, save money, and eliminate the trek to the library and long waits for reserved readings with INFOTRAC College Edition, an online database of more than 5,000 academic and popular magazines, newspapers, and journals. TECHNOLOGY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES FROM INFOTRAC focuses on the use of technology in the criminal justice system. Explore its concise timely, articles on the GPS monitoring of offenders, high-tech surveillance, police and social networks, and much more. |
| volti society and technological change: Left to Their Own Devices Julie M. Albright, 2019-04-16 A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations. Digital natives are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and social media are quickly rendering old habits, values, behaviors, and norms a distant memory--creating the greatest generation gap in history. In this eye-opening book, digital sociologist Julie M. Albright looks at the many ways in which younger people, facilitated by technology, are coming untethered from traditional aspirations and ideals, and asks: What are the effects of being disconnected from traditional, stabilizing social structures like churches, marriage, political parties, and long-term employment? What does it mean to be human when one's ties to people, places, jobs, and societal institutions are weakened or broken, displaced by digital hyper-connectivity? Albright sees both positives and negatives. On the one hand, mobile connectivity has given digital nomads the unprecedented opportunity to work or live anywhere. But, new threats to well-being are emerging, including increased isolation, anxiety, and loneliness, decreased physical exercise, ephemeral relationships, fragmented attention spans, and detachment from the calm of nature. In this time of rapid, global, technologically driven change, this book offers fresh insights into the unintended societal and psychological implications of lives exclusively lived in a digital world. |
| volti society and technological change: Innovation and Employment Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen, Maureen D. McKelvey, 2001-01-01 This book is an important addition to what can be broadly referred to as the national systems of innovation (NSI) approach. The particular contribution of the book is in the examination of the employment effects of innovation, something only indirectly considered hitherto. . . It is a thorough integration of existing knowledge on the key employment implications of innovation. . . Rachel Parker, Labour and Industry This is a highly readable, non-technical book . . . a highly clear and well-argued book that should be useful for policymakers and higher education alike. It brings together much of the most recent and useful literature in the area of innovation, employment and related public policy. It is an opportune addition to the existing documentation on the subject. Journal of Economics / Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie Which kinds of growth lead to increased employment and which do not? This is one of the questions that this important volume attempts to answer. The book explores the complex relationships between innovation, growth and employment that are vital for both research into, and policy for, the creation of jobs. Politicians claiming that more rapid growth would remedy unemployment do not usually specify what kind of growth is meant. Is it, for example, economic (GDP) or productivity growth? Growing concern over jobless growth requires both policymakers and researchers to make such distinctions, and to clarify their employment implications. The authors initially address their theoretical approach to, and conceptualization of, innovation and employment, where the distinction between process and product innovations and between high-tech and low-tech goods and services are central. They go on to address the relationship between innovation and employment, using empirical material to analyse the effects that different kinds of innovations have upon job creation and destruction. Finally, the volume summarizes the findings and addresses conclusions as well as policy implications. This book will be of great interest to those involved in research and policy in the fields of macroeconomics (economic growth and employment), industrial economics and innovation. |
| volti society and technological change: Roads Were Not Built for Cars Carlton Reid, 2015-04-09 In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again. |
| volti society and technological change: C. Francis Jenkins, Pioneer of Film and Television Donald G. Godfrey, 2014-04-15 This is the first biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death. Jenkins was an inventor who made a difference. As one of America's greatest independent inventors, Jenkins's passion was to meet the needs of his day and the future. In 1895 he produced the first film projector able to show a motion picture on a large screen, coincidentally igniting the first film boycott among his Quaker viewers when the film he screened showed a woman's ankle. Jenkins produced the first American television pictures in 1923, and developed the only fully operating broadcast television station in Washington, D.C. transmitting to ham operators from coast to coast as well as programming for his local audience. Godfrey's biography raises the profile of C. Francis Jenkins from his former place in the footnotes to his rightful position as a true pioneer of today's film and television. Along the way, it provides a window into the earliest days of both motion pictures and television as well as the now-vanished world of the independent inventor. |
| volti society and technological change: Beijing Jeep Jim Mann, 2018-05-04 When China opened its doors to the West in the late 1970s, Western businesses jumped at the chance to sell their products to the most populous nation in the world. Boardrooms everywhere buzzed with excitement?a Coke for every citizen, a television for every family, a personal computer for every office. At no other time have the institutions of Western capitalism tried to do business with a communist state to the extent that they did in China under Deng Xiaoping. Yet, over the decade leading up to the bloody events in and around Tiananmen Square, that experiment produced growing disappointment on both sides, and a vision of capturing the world's largest market faded.Picked as one of Fortune Magazine's 75 Smartest Books We Know, this updated version of Beijing Jeep, traces the history of the stormy romance between American business and Chinese communism through the experiences of American Motors and its operation in China, Beijing Jeep, a closely watched joint venture often visited by American politicians and Chinese leaders. Jim Mann explains how some of the world's savviest executives completely misjudged the business climate and recounts how the Chinese, who acquired valuable new technology at virtually no expense to themselves, ultimately outcapitalized the capitalists. And, in a new epilogue, Mann revisits and updates the events which constituted the main issues of the first edition.Elegantly written, brilliantly reported, Beijing Jeep is a cautionary tale about the West's age-old quest to do business in the Middle Kingdom. |
| volti society and technological change: The Metaphysics of Technology David Skrbina, 2014-07-25 What is technology? Why does it have such power in our lives? Why does it seemingly progress of its own accord, and without regard to social or environmental well-being? The quest for the essence of technology is an old one, with roots in the pre-Socratic philosophy of ancient Greece. It was then that certain thinkers first joined the ideas of technê and logos into a single worldview. The Greeks saw it as a kind of world-force, present in both the works of men and in nature itself. It was the very creative power of the cosmos. In the 20th century, German thinkers like Dessauer, Juenger, and Heidegger sought the metaphysical basis of technology, with varying success. French theologian Jacques Ellul argued persuasively that technology was an autonomous force of nature that determined all aspects of human existence, but he neglected the metaphysical underpinnings. Recent writers in the philosophy of technology have generally eschewed metaphysics altogether, preferring to concentrate on constructivist models or pragmatic analyses. In the present work, Skrbina returns to a classic metaphysical approach, seeking not so much an essence of technology but rather a deep and penetrating analysis of the entire technological phenomenon. Drawing on the Greeks, he argues for a teleological metaphysics in which increasing order in the universe is itself defined as a technological process. On this reading, all of reality constitutes a technical sphere, a pantechnikon, of universal scope. This work — the first-ever book-length treatment of the topic — breaks new ground by providing an in-depth and critical study of the metaphysics of technology, as well as drawing out the practical consequences. Technology poses significant risks to humanity and the planet, risks that can be mitigated through a detailed philosophical analysis. |
| volti society and technological change: The Technological Fix Lisa Rosner, 2004 The term technological fix should mean a fix provided by technology--a solution for all of our problems, from medicine and food production to the environment and business. Instead, technological fix has come to mean a cheap, quick fix using inappropriate technology that usually creates more problems than it solves. This collection sets out the distinction between a technological fix and a true technological solution. Bringing together scholars from a variety of disciplines, the essays trace the technological fix as it has appeared throughout the twentieth century. Addressing such fixes as artificial hearts, industrial agriculture and climate engineering, these essays examine our need to turn to technology for solutions to all of our problems. |
| volti society and technological change: Society & Technological Change Rudi Volti, Jennifer Croissant, 2024 Society and Technological Change continues to be the essential text for exploring the relationship between human societies and the ever-evolving landscape of technology. The ninth edition follows the historical trajectory of technological development and its profound impact on various aspects of human life, from communication and healthcare to economic systems and governance. At the same time, it shows how these technologies have themselves been shaped by social, economic, cultural, and political forces, and that the study of technology is important not just for its own sake but also for what it tells us about the kinds of societies we make for ourselves. With its engaging writing style and thought-provoking content, this new edition continues to be an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and anyone seeking a deep understanding of the intricate bond between society and technology in our ever-evolving world--Back cover. |
| volti society and technological change: Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies Anton Yasnitsky, René Van der Veer, 2015-09-16 Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies brings together recent critical investigations which examine historical and textual inaccuracies associated with received understandings of Vygotsky’s work. By deconstructing the Vygotskian narrative, the authors debunk the 'cult of Vygotsky', allowing for a new, exciting interpretation of the logic and direction of his theory. The chapters cover a number of important themes, including: The chronology of Vygotsky’s ideas and theory development, and the main core of his theoretical writings Relationships between Vygotskians and their Western colleagues The international reception of Vygotskian psychology and problems of translation The future development of Vygotskian science Using Vygotsky’s published and unpublished writings the authors present a detailed historical understanding of Vygotsky’s thought, and the circumstances in which he worked. It includes coverage of the organization of academic psychology in the Soviet Union, the network of scholars associated with Vygotsky in the interwar period, and the assumed publication ban on Vygotsky’s writings. This volume is the first to provide an overview of revisionist studies of Vygotsky’s work, and is the product of close international collaboration between revisionist scholars. It will be an essential contribution to Vygotskian scholarship, and of great interest to researchers in the history of psychology, history of science, Soviet/Russian history, philosophical psychology and philosophy of science. |
| volti society and technological change: Cognition, Metacognition, and Culture in STEM Education Yehudit Judy Dori, Zemira R. Mevarech, Dale R. Baker, 2017-12-01 This book addresses the point of intersection between cognition, metacognition, and culture in learning and teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). We explore theoretical background and cutting-edge research about how various forms of cognitive and metacognitive instruction may enhance learning and thinking in STEM classrooms from K-12 to university and in different cultures and countries. Over the past several years, STEM education research has witnessed rapid growth, attracting considerable interest among scholars and educators. The book provides an updated collection of studies about cognition, metacognition and culture in the four STEM domains. The field of research, cognition and metacognition in STEM education still suffers from ambiguity in meanings of key concepts that various researchers use. This book is organized according to a unique manner: Each chapter features one of the four STEM domains and one of the three themes—cognition, metacognition, and culture—and defines key concepts. This matrix-type organization opens a new path to knowledge in STEM education and facilitates its understanding. The discussion at the end of the book integrates these definitions for analyzing and mapping the STEM education research. Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com |
| volti society and technological change: A Companion to the Philosophy of Science W. H. Newton-Smith, 2001-10-08 Unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to the philosophy of science. |
| volti society and technological change: Law and Society Steven Vago, 1987 This highly readable and comprehensive book offers a balanced, current and comprehensive overview of the legal system; and administrative, criminal and civil law in a cross-cultural context. It considers the most recent theories and research findings, and emphasizes developing and emerging trends. It focuses on the evolution of modern legal systems, current intellectual movements in law, interplay between law and social change, and the main concerns and issues in the profession and practice of law. This is the only book that considers multicultural and cross-cultural issues in a contemporary context with an interdisciplinary emphasis. For individuals interested in the law, criminal justice, and political science. |
| volti society and technological change: The Flight of a Butterfly Or the Path of a Bullet? Larry Cuban, 2018 Exemplars of integrating digital technology into classrooms, schools, and districts in Silicon Valley -- The classroom -- The school -- The district -- Putting best cases into the context of past and present school reforms -- Have exemplars made a difference in teaching practice? -- Have teachers changed their classroom practice? -- Change and stability in classrooms, schools, and districts |
El administrador de discos no funciona en una instalación en limpio
El administrador de discos no funciona en una instalación en limpio Hola, acabo de instalar de 0 el win 10, ya que anteriormente en el win 11 tenia este mismo problema que no me funcionaba …
No me deja inicializar disco duro externo - Microsoft Community
He hecho todo eso y sigue sin funcionar, en el administrador de dispositivos me aparece, pero al entrar en el administrador de discos me sale un menu de inicialización, le doy a aceptar y me …
Error “Desactivada (El disco está sin conexión debido a una ...
Hola, Al conectar diferentes pendrives (memorias usb) en mi equipo me aparece el siguiente mensaje en el administrador de discos: Desactivada (El disco está sin conexión debido a una …
Disco duro externo no aparece en administrador discos pero si en ...
En mi portátil, en Administración de discos aparecía como disco 0 el disco duro recién instalado y como disco 1 el disco duro sustituido que quería aprovechar como disco externo para …
Mi Administrador de Discos no funciona "No se puede iniciar el ...
Mi Administrador de Discos no funciona "No se puede iniciar el servicio, porque está deshabilitado o porque no tiene dispositivos habilitados asociados a el"
¿Cómo reactivar un disco duro que desactivé desde el sistema ...
Estas son algunas de las cosas que puedes probar: 1. Herramientas de administración de discos: Busque y abra "Administración de discos" en la barra de búsqueda del menú Inicio y busque …
mi disco duro interno aparece en administración de discos, pero …
Si su disco duro interno se reconoce en Administración de discos pero no aparece en el Explorador de archivos, puede deberse a algunas razones comunes. Estos son los pasos que …
Hardware: Error disco "Función incorrecta" - Microsoft Community
Hola, al tratar de inicializar un disco duro externo me sale el siguiente error: Función Incorrecta. Es problema del disco ? Hay solución ?***Movido desde Windows***
No puedo extender el volumen del disco local (C:)
Para que se pueda extender la partición C:, el espacio que has liberado debe verse al lado y a la derecha de esa unidad en los graficos del Administrador de discos. En este caso, si has …
Windows 10 • ¿Cómo utilizar disco no asignado en mi PC?
Bienvenido, Julio. ¡Gracias por hacer parte de nuestra Comunidad Microsoft y realizar tus consultas! Quiero informarte que, analizando tu consulta para realizar la asignación del …
2025 年了，你还会用 RSS 吗？有哪些好的订阅源推荐？ - 知乎
1. RSS 的现状与未来 尽管在 2025 年，RSS 的使用率可能不如过去广泛，但它仍然是一个非常有用的工具，特别是对于那些希望高效获取信息的用户。 RSS 允许用户通过 RSS 阅读器（如 …
国内外有哪些比较中立、客观的中文新闻报纸、网站？ - 知乎
国外的推荐以下几个，排名分先后： AP（美联社）、路透社、Axios、NPR（美国国家公共广播电台）、路透中文网 如果只看商业财经新闻的话，推荐彭博社、 华尔街日报中文网 、日经中文 …
话题广场 - 知乎
知乎话题广场，汇聚多样化主题，助您探索知识、分享见解。
except和except for的区别是什么？ - 知乎
BBC的你问我答写的非常清楚了： 如果打不开，我复制如下： 虽然“except”和“except for”都表示“除去…之外”或“不包括”的意思，但并不能任意互换。 这是为什么呢？
显示器的 HDR10 HDR400 HDR600 和 HDR1000 都有什么区别？
HLG 是由 BBC 和 NHK 联合开发的 HDR 标准，它与标准动态范围（SDR）显示兼容，但它需要 10bit 色深。 HLG 定义了非线性电光传递函数（EOTF），其中信号值的下半部分使用伽马曲 …
如何从 BBC 网站学习英语？ - 知乎
BBC 网站有太多有用的东西。譬如 Learning English、Podcast，还有 BBC 中文版英语学习网页等等。内容很…
如何评价英剧《是大臣》和《是首相》？ - 知乎
是的，朋友，您不是一个人在冷门 这样的人数，评分应该不会有很严重的水分了。 2.B站（神奇的B站还真是内容丰富啊） 今年大概是4月的时候，小弟心血来潮跑去B站搜了一下，没想到真有 …
你们有什么看国内外每日实时新闻的网站或者渠道吗？ - 知乎
在被默多克收购后，《泰晤士报》风格渐趋保守。 该报在政治立场上倾向支持英国保守党。 2.美国广播公司（ABC） 国外（科学上网工具）： 纽约时报 BBC 经济学人 美联社 YOUTUBE（油 …
如何用收音机（德生）在国内收听BBC、VOA？ - 知乎
Jun 8, 2018 · 如何用收音机（德生）在国内收听BBC、VOA？ 本人现在上海，有一德生全波段调频收音机，想要收听BBC、VOA等电台，请问各位大佬，调频的具体方法与频率
2024 年有哪些值得一看的欧美剧推荐？ - 知乎
2024年外媒电视剧榜单统计排名 每年年底，欧美各大媒体都会开出一份电视剧榜单，评选一年来他们眼中的最佳剧集。那么，提名次数最多的剧集有哪些呢？《英美剧漫游指南》每年都会做 …
Qulipta 2025 Prices, Coupons & Savings Tips - GoodRx
Compare prices and print coupons for Qulipta and other drugs at CVS, Walgreens, and other pharmacies. Prices start at $1,057.79
Sign Up - QULIPTA® (atogepant) Complete Savings Program
Enroll now to get savings and support from the QULIPTA™ Complete savings program. See full Patient and Safety Information.
Qulipta Prices, Coupons, Copay Cards & Patient Assistance
Qulipta Coupons, Copay Cards and Rebates Qulipta offers may take the form of printable coupons, rebates, savings or copay cards, trial offers, or free samples. Certain offers may be …
Qulipta cost 2025: Savings tips and more - Medical News Today
Dec 20, 2024 · The cost of Qulipta can vary based on several factors, including your insurance coverage. Coupons and drug savings programs can also lower the price you’ll pay for Qulipta.
SAVINGS AND SUPPORT FOR QULIPTA® PATIENTS
e coverage for QULIPTA® (atogepant) who meet eligibility criteria. This copay assistance program is not available to patients receiving prescription reimbursement under any federal, …
QULIPTA Coupon, Savings Card and Patient Assistance
Save 80% on QULIPTA with coupons, patient assistance programs, Canadian prescription savings, and Rx savings cards at CVS, Walgreens, and local pharmacies.
How much does Qulipta cost with insurance? - TinyGrab
May 18, 2025 · Can I use a discount card like GoodRx to lower the cost of Qulipta? While discount cards like GoodRx may offer some savings, they are generally less effective for brand …
Qulipta Cost: With and Without Insurance (Guide) - drugmart.com
Sep 2, 2024 · On average, Qulipta (atogepant) can cost anywhere from $1,299 to $1,490.16 per full supply that’s not covered by insurance. Typically, that’s a 30-day supply of 60 milligram …
Qulipta Cost 2025: Find Savings, Assistance, and More - Healthline
Jan 31, 2025 · Find information on cost and Qulipta, including financial and insurance assistance, ways to lower long-term costs, and more.
Prescription Prices, Coupons & Pharmacy Information - GoodRx
Jun 26, 2025 · Compare prescription drug prices and find coupons at more than 70,000 US pharmacies. Save up to 80% instantly!
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Stock Price, News, Quote
Find the latest Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
VLO Stock Price | Valero Energy Corp. Stock Quote (U.S.: NYSE ...
2 days ago · VLO | Complete Valero Energy Corp. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Stock Price & News - Google Finance
Get the latest Valero Energy Corp (VLO) real-time quote, historical performance, charts, and other financial information to help you make more informed trading and investment decisions.
VLO Stock Price Quote | Morningstar
3 days ago · See the latest Valero Energy Corp stock price (VLO:XNYS), related news, valuation, dividends and more to help you make your investing decisions.
Valero Energy (VLO) Stock Price, News & Analysis - MarketBeat
2 days ago · Should You Buy or Sell Valero Energy Stock? Get The Latest VLO Stock Analysis, Price Target, Dividend Info, Headlines, and Short Interest at MarketBeat.
Valero Energy (VLO) Stock Price & Overview
4 days ago · A detailed overview of Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) stock, including real-time price, chart, key statistics, news, and more.
Valero Energy - VLO - Stock Price Today - Zacks
3 days ago · View Valero Energy Corporation VLO investment & stock information. Get the latest Valero Energy Corporation VLO detailed stock quotes, stock data, Real-Time ECN, charts, stats …
VLO: Valero Energy Corp - Stock Price, Quote and News - CNBC
Get Valero Energy Corp (VLO:NYSE) real-time stock quotes, news, price and financial information from CNBC.
Valero Stock Price Today | NYSE: VLO Live - Investing.com
View today's Valero Energy Corporation stock price and latest VLO news and analysis. Create real-time notifications to follow any changes in the live stock price.
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Stock Price, Quote, News
A high-level overview of Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) stock. View (VLO) real-time stock price, chart, news, analysis, analyst reviews and more.
