SOC355H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Technological Determinism, Sociological Inquiry, Oligopoly
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What this means for studying professions and technology: when discussing technology, we need to think of it as a system of these three components, eg. Studying technology and the professions: this session focuses on two main perspectives, 1. Post-industrial occupational structure: bell had good points but the idea of one classless society came to be. 2: argue that if you break down what people do, you realise what people do are fairly mundane and people do not have special jobs. Forum discussions: embedded knowledge: taking knowledge and building it into a machine, professions are reluctant to create this form still, eg. Deterministic perspectives: consider the determinism in this pivotal book, strong basis in economic arguments of cost and benefit, without discussion of the social obstacles and issues of getting there, this technology is considered inevitable. Interactive perspectives: alex broom (2005) medical specialists" accounts of the internet on the doctor/patient.
