Global Technolgy

 

Writing Assignment Two: Technology, Labor, and Society

Technology in the news!

In the first writing assignment you will complete a 3 - 5 page paper discussing the following:

Instructions:

Select a technology developed  between 1980 and 2000, and then craft a narrative which addresses the following questions:

• What is the technology?
• What problem does it solve?
• Who developed it? 
• How did this technology influence another technology? 
• Examples?
• Is this technology, or a subset of this technology in use today? 
• What are some of the social and cultural effects of the technology?
• Did it effect society? Was it positive, negative, neutral?
• Did the technology create equal opportunities, or were they unequal in distribution or access?
• How did the technology impact employment and production?
• What is the relationship to labor market demand?
• Did the technology increase or decrease the need for additional employees?

This writing assignment will begin your exploration of technology, investigating effects, influence, use, and adoption. You are writing a story; a story about the technology. It is not meant to be a scientific paper. It may be written in the first person, as you are describing how "you," have understood the technology and how it has influenced society, etc. 

You should identify a minimum of 3 references for your paper, and they should be properly cited.