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Refers to a **group of people **who are relatively self-sufficient and who share a common territory and culture.

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Society

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Members of the society preserve and transmit it from one generation to the next (through literature, art, video recording and other means of expression).

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Society

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Refers to that people’s traditions, customs, and behaviors. It includes ideas, values, and artifacts.

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Culture

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Sharing a similar culture helps to define the society to which we belong .

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Culture

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Any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation.

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Science

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The knowledge that utilizes and harnesses such resources.

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Science

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Is science or knowledge put into practical use to solve problems or invent useful tools through harnessing such resources to respond to society’s needs.

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Technology

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Focuses on the social interactions using symbols.

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Symbols have meanings for people in the society based on their respective cultures.

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Symbolic Interactionism

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**Focuses on the interconnection **between systems in society which have functions that maintain the functioning of the whole society. One social institution affects all other institutions, thus if there is a dysfunction in one aspect, the entire system is affected

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Structural Functionalism

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Specific views on relationship between science and technology with society and culture have emerged namely

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Technological Somnambolism

Technological Determinism

Social Constructions of Technology (SCOT)

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Focuses on the unequal relationships among groups or categories of people to explain what is happening in the society.

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Conflict Perspective

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Viewed by Langdon Winner, a political scientist, denies various ways by which technology provides structure and meaning for human life.

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Technological
Somnambolism

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Contends that human relationship to technology is consists of merely “making” and “using” technology.

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Technological
Somnambolism

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Technology is considered neutral in moral and ethical sense – neither is technology good or bad wherein, this view ignores how technology can shape social structure and how social structure shapes technology due to the reason that technologies are seen to operate beyond the control of humans and seem to be results or automatic and unavoidable process.

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Technological
Somnambolism

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Introduced by Wiebe Bijker and Trevor Pinch (1984), emphasizes the importance of social context in the development of new technologies viewed as a product of social processes involving several social groups.

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Social Construction
of Technology

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Argues that technology and society negotiate the meaning of new technologies; then make changes to technology through resistance; and lastly, construct social and technological frameworks, actions and practices.

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Social Construction
of Technology

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Refers to an autonomous group of people

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Society

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Interacting with others in a
distinct geographic territory

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Society

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Sharing a common culture

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Society

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Ways of acting

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Culture

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Together form the people’s way of life

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Culture

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The ways of thinking

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Culture

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Materials object

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Culture

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Abstract and intangible objects
(customs, traditions, habits, attitude,
laws, etc.)

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Non-Materials

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Concrete and tangible things that
people create and attach meaning
to (tools, houses, books)

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Materials

27
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The processes of harnessing resources
in order to respond to society’s needs

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Technology

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Refers to the **body of
knowledge **utilized to
understand the world.

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Science

29
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What are the Social Sciences?

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Anthropology
Sociology
History
Psychology
Economics

30
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Used to understand natural
phenomena, the world of
plants and animals, geological
formations, how life began,
composition of substances,
etc.

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Natural Sciences

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What are the Natural Sciences?

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Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Geology
Meteorology

32
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Processes which a **group of people
use to harness the environment to
produce objects **and systems that
could be utilized to respond to human
needs in society.

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Technology as a component of Culture

33
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Three Perspectives in the Analysis of
Society and Culture (Sociology)

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Symbolic Interactionism
Structural Functionalism
Conflict Analysis

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Society is made up of individuals who interact with each other using symbols with corresponding meanings

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Symbolic
Interactionist

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Social Problems are caused by** different
understanding of symbols and their meanings**

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Symbolic
Interactionist

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Society is made up of** interrelated systems/institutions** with corresponding
functions

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Structural
Functionalist

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Social Problems are caused by a dysfunction in one of the systems which affect all other systems

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Structural
Functionalist

38
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Society is made up of conflicting groups with unequal levels of power, wealth and
prestige

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Conflict

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Social Problems are caused by the
exploitation of the inferior group by the
dominant group

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Conflict

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