Soc. 291: Community and Conflict in Cyberspace

Instructor: Robert Keel

Lecture/discussion notes will be developed as we go along. Ideas for the Discussions on January 27 and February 3 will be drawn from my notes which focus on the relationship between Society and Technology.

Bacic Concepts

• Culture

• Social Structure and Interaction

• Technology, Culture, and Modern Society

Theoretical Approaches

• Technological Determinism

• Alternatives to Technological Determinism

• The Social Construction of Technology

• Marx, Conflict, and Critical Theory: Power, Social Control and Technology

• Technology: Embodiment, Self, and Everyday Life

• Technology, Groups and Social Institutions

• Cybercrime and Deviance