351.018 Technology and Society
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2020S, VO, 2.0h, 3.0EC
TUWELLectureTube

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VO Lecture
  • LectureTube course

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand society (i.e. industry, politics, NGOs and other relevant actors and interests) as an important factor for “success”, i.e. the development and implementation of (new) technologies. By means of concrete examples, it will be shown what role technology plays in modern society and what ethical challenges it sometimes poses. So, students are encouraged to think about their own professional role from a broader perspective.

Subject of course

.(Lecture in german language!)

  1. Das Unbehagen an der Technik
  2. Die Technokratiedebatte
  3. Techik und Risiko
  4. Technik und Demokratie
  5. Technologien im Alltag
  6. Sind Technologien politisch? Haben Technologien eine Moral?
  7. Die gesellschaftliche Konstruktion von Technologie
  8. Die Handlungsmacht der Nicht-Menschen: Die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie
  9. Nutzer/innen und Technologie
  10. Texte und Narrative: Die sozio-technische Bedeutung von Medien und Science Fiction
  11. Technikkontroversen und Technikfolgenabschätzung
  12. Technik und Gender

Teaching methods

The course contents are taught in the form of a lecture. The focus is on the lecturer’s input, whose structure is documented in the slides. Furthermore, the active participation of the students is encouraged in the form of joint discussions.

Mode of examination

Written

Additional information

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Lecturers

Institute

Examination modalities

Schriftliche Prüfung (Multiple-Choice-Fragen)

Exams

DayTimeDateRoomMode of examinationApplication timeApplication modeExam
Fri09:00 - 10:0026.04.2024EI 7 Hörsaal - ETIT written25.03.2024 08:00 - 25.04.2024 08:00TISSSCHRIFTLICHE PRÜFUNG - PRÄSENZFORMAT
Fri09:00 - 10:0007.06.2024EI 7 Hörsaal - ETIT written05.05.2024 08:00 - 05.06.2024 08:00TISSSCHRIFTLICHE PRÜFUNG - PRÄSENZFORMAT
Fri09:00 - 10:0012.07.2024EI 7 Hörsaal - ETIT written10.06.2024 08:00 - 10.07.2024 08:00TISSSCHRIFTLICHE PRÜFUNG - PRÄSENZFORMAT

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
03.03.2020 10:00 29.01.2021 18:00 29.01.2021 18:00

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
033 235 Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Mandatory6. Semester
884 Subject: Informatics und Informatics Management Mandatory elective

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

Die VO hat einführenden Charakter

Language

German