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OBJECTIVES
1. To discuss the impact of technology and
social change

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2.2 What is Technology?

Things are done or
made
The sum of the
methods by which a
social group provides
itself with the
materials objects of
their civilisation

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The Principles,
purposes, and
nomenclature of more
conspicuous arts,
particularly those
which involve
application of service,
and which may be
considered useful
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2.3 Society
The aggregate of people living together in a
more or less ordered community
A human society is a group of people
involved in persistent social interaction, or
in a large social group sharing the same
geographical or social territory, typically
subject to the same political authority and
dominant cultural expectations.
Society---Latin-societies---socias
(comrade)
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1. Likeness
2. The Reciprocal Awareness
3. Differences
4. Interdependence
5. Cooperation
6. Conflict
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1. Likeness:
- basis of mutuality & that means society

- comradeship, intimacy
- link-up for mutuality
- strongly stimulate the group feelings
in bringing men, women and children
together

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2. The Reciprocal Awareness:

- Likeness is generative of reciprocity
- differentiation against those who are not like
them
- likes & dislikes is concomitant to social growth
- such consciousness create a sense of likeness
- all social action is based on reciprocal
response
- make possible we-feeling

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3. Differentiation:
- a 100% organised society is not possible

- comradeship, intimacy
- biological differences: man, women
- division of labour
- differences in ideas, thoughts,
viewpoint
- to run smoothly there must be
differences
- reciprocity for give & take,
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4. Interdependence:
- society implies interdependence

- not possible for human being to

satisfy desire in isolation
- can not live alone
- today societies, communities,
countries, continents are
interdependent

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5. Cooperation:
- difficult to survive without cooperation

- cooperation arises when people have

common interests
- results in economy
- society can not exist without
cooperation

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6. Conflict:
- an ever present phenomenon in society

- conflict & cooperation co-exists

- conflict is a process of struggle
through which all things has come to
existence
- cooperation - conflict marks society
wherever it revealed

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Culture
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2.3 Culture
The arts and other manifestations of human
intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a
particular group of people, defined by everything
from language, religion, cuisine, social habits,
music and arts.
Shared patterns of behaviours and interactions,
cognitive constructs and understanding that are
learned by socialisation.

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Basic Elements of Culture

1. Social Organisation
2. Customs & Traditions
3. Religion
4. Language
5. Arts & Literature
6. Forms of Government
7. Economic System
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3.0 Social Change

Social change means modifications
of the way people work, rear a
family, educate children, govern
them, and seek ultimate meaning
in life.(Edmore Mutekwe).

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3.0 Social Change

Social change is not only a change
in structure, but also in the
functioning of the society. Social
changes comprise modifications in
social systems or sub-systems in
structure, functioning, or process
over some period of time (Allen,
1971)
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3.1 The Modernisation Process &

Its Impact on Social Change
Modernisation implies a state of
affairs where traditional societies
are made to follow patterns of
development adopted by modern
countries.

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