Technology and society

Merging the Gap Between Science and the Media Science has provided solutions to the most puzzling diseases in society, but more recently, a lurking illness resides in an unexpected area: the media. The advent of modern technology is, undoubtedly, a powerful and profound transformation for human civilization, and the media is a standing testament to technological feasibilities: information, news and social trends are now accessible to the public 24 hours a day. However, accessibility is not…

considered as a social term. The concept of reputation is made up of two major elements; the first is the person and how much does he work to gain a good reputation among the people in the society. The second element is the social criteria which the members of the society use to judge the reputation of any one in the society. In this essay I will discuss the reputation of one of the famous divas; Madonna Louise, the most famous pop American singer, she has got the title of the Pop Queen for many…

The women were the ones producing the food and this made them stronger members of society. Once men became more involved with farming and converted the production into plow farming, the societies shifted into patriarchal hierarchies and the role of women was…

The authors of Dracula and Frankenstein lived during an era of ideological conflict. During the nineteenth century religion heavily influenced every social class, but science was advancing at rapid pace challenging the traditional institutions of society. Many began to question and challenge the methods of the old institutions, such as religion or the old sciences. This provoked anxiety among many, due to the exponential growth of the sciences. Such fear is seen within the scientist characters…

Walk Away from Omelas?” In this short story, the fictional society of Omelas seems nearly perfect, but something is lurking just beneath the surface. It is revealed that an innocent life must suffer for this society to exist in its “perfect” state. In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, Ursula K. Le Guin uses a fictional scenario to present the controversial idea of a moral scapegoat in order to sustain a perfect society. The society of Omelas is described as being a picturesque…

From innocent children to violent barbarians, Golding uses his characters to symbolize human nature upon all the age groups in the world. In the Lord of the Flies, each character represents one’s individualism in society and reveals their roles on an island that is entirely isolated from civilization. The main characters often act as foils against one other main character of different thoughts and beliefs including Jack and Ralph, Roger and Piggy, and Simon—who is among the most unordinary human…

was how there societies limited their knowledge. In Anthem Equality said “We asked so many questions that the Teachers forbade it.” (Pg. 23). Knowledge, to Equality’s society, was good but if you were too smart it was a sin. The people in Anthem were also not allowed to know anything from the past or the “unmentionable times”. They couldn’t know any of the simplest things that we know today like electricity. This supports knowledge was limited in Anthem because it shows how their society took…

foundation of civil society.” Traditionalist conservatives believe that societies only develop good social systems from a prolonged process of cumulative growth. In this understanding, Linda Raeder tells us that social systems are developed through a complex process characterized by trial-and-error experimentation. Raeder claims that the advancement of a culture is strongly dependent upon the absorption and transmission of the cultural inheritance over time and when societies fail to transfer…

31st of March, I took the time to walk up and down George Street, a main shopping section of Dunedin. Along my walk, I observed the use of public versus private space, how people act and react to their surroundings, and the relationship between technology, governance, leisure and commerce within the designated space. At 2:00 PM, I began my stroll along George Street, starting from the stairs of Knox Church. It was a sunny afternoon and I took into account all of my surroundings. As I walked, I…

agriculture is the most primitive mistake we have made. As civilizations advance, they become more complex and those that reach their peak of power collapse not long after. Civilizations grow up to “the extent to which advanced, complex and powerful societies are…