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WHAT IS SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY &
SOCIETY?
Science, Technology and Society
1. ACADEMIC STS
2. ACTIVIST STS
ACADEMIC STS
• Scholarly Study of Science and Technology.
• History, Philosophy, Sociology of S & T.
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary.
• Perennial and structural problems of history,
philosophy, and human nature.
• Science dynamics
• Technological dynamics
ACTIVIST STS
1. Science as an idea
– It includes ideas, theories, and all available
systematic explanations and observations about
the natural and physical world.
HOW CAN SCIENCE BE DEFINED?
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGICAL UTILIZATION