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Technology and Society

IGNOU via Swayam

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This course will introduce students to themes that mark this century: the social impact of technology and ethical dimensions of a mediated humanity. Through a reflection on technological history and social change, the recent transformations brought in by technology on government, business, and society will be discussed through topics ranging from social media to new medical technologies to artificial intelligence (AI).

Syllabus

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Title

Society, Technology and Social Change

Theorising Digital Society

Technology and Society: Reconceptualising social research (Big Data; Thick Data)

Ethical impacts of technology in society: Identities and Inequalities in digital spaces (Algorithms, search engines, and social media, AI and society

New medical technologies (new reproductive technologies)

Digital public engagement

Can machines think? Technology, AI and the future of power in society

Taught by

Prof. Mayurakshi Chaudhuri

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