...Technology and Social Change Page 1 Leslie Chappell SOC/100 University of Phoenix 03/28/2016 Technology and Social Change Page 2 Americans are faced with increasing change of technology in everyday life. Most of the time, the change happens, and we don't realize how it affects our lives. I remember talking to my grandparents about their younger years; it made me realize how technology changes from generation to generation. Technology is scientific knowledge and the making of tools to solve problems. The technological advances are vehicles, airplanes, radio, TV, cell phones, and computers. The 20th century has changed how people meet, interact, learn, work, and do business. This type of knowledge doubles every several years. Sociologists are concerned how these technological societies will adapt to the social changes that technology continues to bring. Social change is alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values. Sociologists acknowledge the role that social movements play in members to bring about social change. There are ways to understand the nature of long-term social change; it includes looking for patterns and causes which led sociologists to understand the evolutionary, functionalist, and conflict theories of change. According to The Pew Internet and American Life Project, 45% of American adults own a smartphone which is a 10% increase since May 2011. But smartphones are more popular with the young adults and...
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...between religion and social change (33 marks) In relation to social change, some theories have argued that religion is a conservative force and acts to prevent change and keep society stable. This is the view held by earlier theories that stressed the role of institutions in shaping human behaviour and maintaining the stability of society, such as Functionalism and Marxism. Religion is also seen as conservative because it is traditional; defending traditional customs and moral views, for example. Functionalists view religion as a conservative force, preventing social change. Durkheim believed that religion performs an important function for society, binding people together like ‘social cement’ preventing anomie. Religion provides a set of moral values that form the collective conscience, ensuring social stability. This is where religion unifies people which leads to conformity which then makes behaviour predictable. Religion also answers eternal questions such as ‘why the good die young’ and ‘why do people suffer’ in Christian for example, helping to prevent social change. Durkheim studied totemism among Australian Aboriginal tribes. Totems are a symbol of a set of beliefs. This can be anything from an object to an animal and is treated with the highest respect by those that follow the set of beliefs or religion. For example, it is similar to the crucifix for Christians which explains why they uphold traditional beliefs in society, preventing social change. However, Durkheim’s...
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...Social change refers to a gradual change in the nature, in social institutions, social behaviors or social relations in a society. - Social change alludes to convergence of social forces which influence the rise in a new order of existence including shaping the way people live. - There is a change in societal attitude and behavior. - There is a complete change in the whole system of the society - There may not necessarily be a significant change in the old to the new system of social change. Social movements are large non formal groupings of people that focus on change. Either they promote or resist the change. The four types of social movements: Alternative Social Movement, include those supporting civil rights, gay rights, trade unions and environmental groups. Redemptive social movements aim to change certain targeted habits in society such as alcoholism in specific affected individuals through the alcoholic anonymous organization. Reformative social movements target a limited change for the society as a whole. Revolutionary social movements undertake actions that aim to influence complete change in the whole society in a big way such as the Democratic Party in the USA Modernization is the process of social change begun by industrialization. The decline of small, traditional communities during the pre industrial times resulted in the breaking up of communities that were held together resulting in reduction of responsibility. The expansion of personal choice led people...
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...HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE MANAGEMENT Unit Title: Unit 26 Facilitating Change in Health and Social Care Assignment Title: Assessment One Student Name & Number | Alliance Ntumba Menakuntima 588080 | Unit Lecturer: | Melvin Brown | Group: | | Issue Date: | 23.09.15 | Draft Submission: | | Final Submission: | 30.11.15 | IV Name & Date: | Turnitin Details: Enrolment Password: 115511Class ID: 3024029 | Executive Summary “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there” (Will Rogers, 1920, p 6) This report examines the types of changes that health and social care services are constantly exposed to could be political, environmental, social, technological, legal and environmental and the challenges attached to some of these factors. It provides measurable method to weight up the effectiveness of the changes and its impact in the sector. It presents findings on the influence of the changes in the organisation and gives suggestions on the organisation’s ways to respond to changes. Introduction Change according to Nolan (2009; p 45) is the process of shifting from a current condition to a sought after condition. Change is inevitable within organisations because it is a never ending cycle and the driving force for the change could either be internal or external to the organisation or even the mixture of both. Change could happen...
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...Introduction This essay seeks to discuss the factors that facilitate change in health and social care. This can be achieved by assessing the challenges that the major factors of change bring using the Care Quality Commission of the Quality Care Commission for the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUHB). The second task aims to evaluate contemporary changes being inaugurated in the provision of health and social care services. In addition to this, a strategy and criteria will be devised in order to measure these recent changes including how the impact of these changes can be measured and evaluated. LO1 1.1 Explain the key factors that drive change in health and social care services ‘Change’ within an organization sometimes refers to organizational change in health and social care is the movement from a current state through a state of transition to a state in the future (Richards, 2012). The impetus of change within an organization may come from within and outside. These are known as the internal and external drivers of change. This can be explained using PEST and SWOT analysis. PEST analysis (Political, Economic, Social and Technological analysis) describes a framework of environmental factors considered in the strategic management of an organisation (Friesner, 2014). Political factors of change include change of government and policies within the NHS in the form of legislations. For example, when the Coalition government came to power in 2010, it embarked on reforming...
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...the most recent changes affecting social work structure and practice have involved: * Increased bureaucracy within social work departments * An increased multidisciplinary approach * Domination of social work by performance related indicators leading to a tick box culture. * Increased use of the private sector. * Decreased contact between frontline managers and clients. * Greater focus on budget management then on clients. * Social worker /client relationship (due to increase workloads) based on control and supervision and not care. The changes that affected social work came about because of a fundamental reconstruction in its relationship to the state and to the social work client. This is because social and political attitudes toward welfare provision and the welfare client changed in the late 1970s with the coming to power of the Thatcher government. Government policy wanted to introduce a move from a Welfare State system to a system of welfare markets and non-statutory providers and also changed the role of the state from provider to regulator. These policies were also followed by “New” Labour when it came to power in the 1990's This has lead to a welfare organisation that is fragmented. The principle of “universalism” i.e.the view that all should be dealt with equally has been replaced by the policy of targetting those most in need which some argue has lead to discontinuities and inconsistencies in provision of social work support....
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...Social change is defined as the transformation of culture and social institutions over time (pg. 479). Some features of social change may be that it is unplanned, controversial, or happen at a fast pace. There are four types of social movements. The first is an alternative social movement. This type of social movement happens when the change that is sought is limited. An example of this type of movement is the Promise Keepers. This group promotes a more spiritual way of living for men and for them to better support their families. The second type of social movement is a redemptive one. The purpose of this social change is to help certain people redeem their lives. An example of this type of social movement is SADD, Students Against Destructive Decisions. This is a movement trying to stop students from making bad choices, such as underage drinking or other drug use. Third is a reformative social movement, in which it targets everybody but is a limited change. Getting people to reduce, reuse, recycle, is a type of social movement to protect the environment. Finally, a revolutionary social movement is when a big change is requested by a whole society. An example of this is when a Communist party is pushing for the government to control the entire economy. Modernization is defined as the process of social change that is begun by industrialization (pg. 485). Four features of modernization include the decline of small or traditional communities, the expansion of personal choice...
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...glazes over the difficulties that were experienced by the lower class factory workers. A change as major as industrialization has a massive impact on society. After the invention of the factory and the start of industrialized life, changes included: women struggling, working conditions deteriorating, child labor beginning, and family roles changing. Following industrialization, women experienced great difficulties in society. Factory wages brought many positive changes to the household but also had unforeseen dangers. The new jobs gave a family a stable income that...
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...The profound economic change that occurred in the early 1900’s was largely influenced and formed by the industrial revolution, in particular the second wave that occurred in the late 1800’s. The revolution as a whole resulted in the change from economies based on agriculture and farming, to industry based profits. This second wave of the revolution not only refined and improved the prior inventions of iron and coal, but brought with it new highly developed technologies such as steel, electricity, oil and chemicals that lead to the creation of new industries that had not existed prior. The introduction of large scale steel and iron production, as well as advanced railway systems and the opening of the Suez Canal, allowed countries to export vast amounts of resources easily, therefore boosting economies. The introduction of electricity into society during this time also had a profound impact on the economic situation of many countries and individuals by allowing possible work hours to be increased dramatically. In 1914, Britain, Germany, France and the US owned 72% of the world’s manufacturing output, having a profound impact on the economies of the countries but also creating a climate of competition between the strong industrial powers. To a certain extent, this economic change throughout the world had a significant impact, and acted as a catalyst for increasing social and political change. Political change was evident during the early 20th century given that dynastic rulers...
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...conservative force and an initiator of social change” to what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? Sociologists such as Durkheim and Marx have argued that religion is a conservative force in the sense that it maintains the status quo, disagreeing with sociologists such as Weber and Gramsci who say it is a more radical force and prompts change, and even some fundamentalist groups have gotten involved to argue that religion is conservative in the sense that it keeps tradition and the old ways. Even feminists such as De Beauvoir have had a say in this matter. Functionalists and Marxists have the general consensus that religion maintains the status quo within society rather than it causing social change. They believe that religion acts as a conservative force preventing social change. However, if any change happens it is due to the changes in society that shape religion. Religion as a conservative force can be defined in two ways; the first way of defining religion as a conservative force is to refer to religion as preventing change and maintaining the status quo. The functionalist perspective and Marxists perspective both provide arguments to support this definition of religion as a conservative force. Durkheim supports the idea that religion is a conservative force with his idea of a collective conscience, which is the shared morals and beliefs uniting society. Durkheim believed that "religion promotes social solidarity." his example of religion acting...
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...Ashly Mcbride January 17, 2016 SOC/100 Online Technology and Social Change Since the creation of technology, it has developed great social change. With the invention of cell phones, computers and internet many people now rely on these sole sources heavily. Technology can be described as the collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services. Social change on the other hand refers to an alteration in the social order of society. These two aspects relate with each other in the sense of technology expanding and becoming dominant inevitably creating social change within society. Although the expansion of technology and excessive use of it has created an uproar. Overall it has played a great role in other key areas such as healthcare, automotive, business and security. Technology has become a very reliable aspect of society. Since the creation of internet, the addition of technology has been very close behind. Computers are used for a variety of features. Its main function is to access the internet. Through the internet it’s convenient to access various websites, blogs and videos for personal and educational use. The creation of personal computers and cell phones has created such diversity within society. Information can now be accessed, transferred or permitted faster. With the creation of these assets society has become molded for success. Cell phones for example were create to communicate with those anywhere. The advancement...
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...Sociology Social Change Mohamed G. Ali, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice American InterContinental University Online School of Criminal Justice 05/22/2016 Social Change Thus, social change refers to the modification of institutions and social structures over a point of time. The urbanization, industrialization, shifts of population, and social trends might lead to certain social change. This in addition to, the emotional responses of a group of people, collective action are likewise being considered a supplementary aspect, beside social movements, the structured efforts to alter the status quo, and civil right movement. These genes may contribute to societal change over a short or a long phase of time (Muse, 2016). Therefore, social movements are the supreme of groupings of associations or persons who are concentrated on a common goal, such as political or social to result in social change. The 20th century has seen the most notable campaigns of its history which is known as the Civil Right Movement in America. These social movements might last prolong phases of time, enlist hundreds of thousands of associates; and cross religions, clubs, and so onward. This case of grouping has no formal identified structure, and their members work together and set themselves as companions of the motion (Muse, 2016). How answer you think life in the United States will shift in the next 10 years? Finally, In the next 10 years’ life in the United States will...
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...SOCIAL CHANGE "For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it." People who wanted to live in a democratic country thought like that before the Iranian Revolution. They could not imagine the following events. During the revolution, islamic groups became stronger and the monarchy was replaced with an authoritarian theocracy. Regime change brought about the social and cultural change. The movie Persepolis has a great look on the rapid changes from the perspective of a young girl Marjene who live in Tehran, showing us the changes in appearances, social classes and the relationship between women and men. In the movie one of the most striking changes was in appearance. The gradual change in clothes could have seen clearly after the Islamic Revolution. It became obligatory for women to wear veil. Women who do not want to wear veil, were punished by pouring acid out on to their hair. The rules became more and more strict. In a scene, Marjene was warned to cover all her hair by a policeman. In Islamic Republic, Western music and art were banned. Not only policemen but also people who live in Iran, tried to punish Marjene due to her clothes that have symbols of Western singers on them. On the other hand, men did not have strict rules. They could go on wearing modern clothes yet cultural changes affected them too. Men with long beards increased in number. In brief, after the Islamic Revolution Iranian people's appearances were changed. "The reason for...
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...For as long as we know, race has always been a major issue in our world and throughout time leaving people to believe that race is something that determines an individual. With the movements and progress that has been made throughout the years, it has let people better understand evils of race and how it is not something that should be of importance when deciding on where an individual stands in the world. People have always misconstrued an individual’s particular race with that as something that describes that person as a whole. Because of an individual’s race, this was something that was said to predict where people would fall in the community and this would lay out what chances an individual had in the working world in comparison to someone else. In reading William Julius Wilson’s thoughts on the idea of race and how it has been a major if not the most crucial reasoning to where a person stands in the world, I have been informed of what dilemmas there are that have and still occur today. I have been informed of the idea that race is unfortunately what people depict when they create an outcome for a particular individual. During the 20th century, it was now a period of time where it was no longer race that was as central of an issue, but it was now class position that was said to have the most importance of where people stood, Black individuals to be specific. When viewing the issues that lie within cities involving poverty, it has been said to focus rather on universal conclusions...
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...Table II. The distribution of the respondents according to farm size there are 34 percent Who have less than 1 hectar of land; 46 percent for 23 hectares; 10 percent for 35 Hectares, 6 percent for 4 hectares and 4 percent for 5 hectares above. Planting Distance there are 6 percent of the respondents who used the 2m x 2m planting Distance; 60 percent of the used 3m x 3m; 24 percent used 4m x 4m; 10 percent used 5m x 5m planting distance for Cavendish. And farming system there are 82 percent Engage in cropping system and 18 percent engage in intercropping system Discussion The (50) fifty respondents reveal that majority of them have hectares of lot in size and Monocropped with Cavendish in the plain and of the third district of Davao City at a Planting distance of 3m x 3m. Production Practices Table III. The production practices of Cavendish banana farmers covered land Preparation, insect control, disease control, weed control, fertilizer application. VARIABLES | F | P | Land preparationsPlainRollingHillyTotal | 408250 | 80164100 | Insects ControlNaturalSyntheticTotal | 44650 | 892100 | Diseases ControlChemicalBio-controlTotal | 4195094150 | 8218100 | Weed ControlBio- controlSyntheticTotal | | 1882100 | FertilizerNaturalSyntheticTotal | 203050 | 4060100 | As shown for land preparation, all the so Cavendish banana farmers used hand as a Tools in preparing their land, 80 percent for plain; 16 percent for rolling and 2 percent For hilly. Insect control 8 percent...
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