Impact of Science & Technology on Society

This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory and argues...

Re-Thinking Science presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, in...

Science, Technology and Society: A Sociological Approach is a comprehensive guide to the emergent field of science, technology, and society (STS) s...

This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is femin...

This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is femin...

In this timely new book, Christopher May surveys some of the most influential and important writings that declare we are entering a new information...

A scientist friend asked Bruno Latour point-blank: “Do you believe in reality?” Taken aback by this strange query, Latour offers his meticulous res...

This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that technology proceeds...

The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communicati...

The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communicati...

Human societies have not always taken on new technology in appropriate ways. Innovations are double-edged swords that transform relationships among...

The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society’s relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingl...

Much has been written on the grand prospects for "Information Society"; much less on what this might mean in everyday terms. So what do we find whe...

The growing synergy of humans and technology--from dialysis to genetically altered foods to PET scans--is transforming how we view our minds and ou...

Human societies have not always taken on new technology in appropriate ways. Innovations are double-edged swords that transform relationships among...

Our daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious ...

Our daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious ...

Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. S...

This accessible book introduces the story of ‘social science’, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, ...

Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. S...

For decades, experts and the public have been at odds over the nature and magnitude of risks and how they should be mitigated through policy. Exper...