SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Technological Determinism
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Technology establishes the framework for nonmaterial culture: technological determinism, harold innis, marshall mcluhan (1922-1980) canadian educator. Vital to a groups culture is its material expression its things or stuff. Central to this is its technology with the type of technology setting the framework for a groups non material culture. Ability for global communication virtual instantaneous. Nature or nurture that is the question. Peoples fates/like/dislikes, and behaviour dictated by in born characteristics genetic material: 19th/early 20th century in born in the bone, advances in genetics. Peoples fates, in genetics, behaviour, the products of impact of culture, historical period, family and friendship groups: social sociology takes position that it is our social relationships but recognize biology does est. general parameters for human development.
