Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• STS.462 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Social and Political Implications of Technology 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Science, Technology, and Society 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Merritt Roe Smith
  Prof. David Mindell 
• Course Introduction:
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  STS.462 Social and Political Implications of Technology
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a list of readings and student papers in the assignments section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the interaction of technology with social and political values. Emphasis is on how technological devices, structures, and systems influence the organization of society and the behavior of its members. Examples are drawn from the technologies of war, transportation, communication, production, and reproduction.