Vocabulary List
Below is a vocabulary list with terms divided in accordance with the headings for each of the Required Learning Materials. Please use this as a guide for the terminology you should know for this course.
The Elements of Culture
· nonmaterial culture
· material culture
· symbol
· Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
· formal and informal norms
· language
· ritual
· norms
· values
Kinds of Culture & Cultural Change
· subculture
· counterculture
· cultural lag
· globalization
· diffusion
· cultural evolution
Defining Terms in the Study of Technology
· Technology (list all possible definitions)
· Artifact
· Technique
· Institutions
· Technological determinism
· Artifactual determinism
· Technological politics
· Technological momentum
· Technological frames
· Unintended consequences
Technique
· techne
· semantic void
· mechanic arts
· sociotechnical system
· reification
· technological determinism
· Technological automatism
· Technological bluff
Technology as a Concept
· techne
· semantic void
· mechanic arts
· sociotechnical system
· technology
Technological Determinism & Social Constructivism
· technological determinism
· social constructivism
Digitization
· technocratic idea of progress
· material practice
· heterogenous technology
· information
· computerization
· digitization
· digital data
· artifacts
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