| Abstrakt: |
The article analyzes that the technology is ubiquitous in daily life in developed societies and is becoming so everywhere. It is people's common daily experience to he immersed in a technological environment. At an increasing pace since the eighteenth century, some technological artifacts arriving on the scene seemed thereafter to exercise a predominant, even controlling, influence on social life. Common examples are the railroad, the telephone, television, and the computer. That technology plays a significant role in human affairs cannot be disputed. What can be, however, are the interconnections between technology, on the one hand, and the social order: the political process, economic and/or class interests, social attitudes, cultural beliefs, ideological perceptions, and the like. One thing is certain; no present or past technology came into existence as a result of democratic decisions after public debate. |
