April 1, 2015

Topic 5

The network society and development of broadband networks and applications: Introducing the Kukenah Network


Sociologists are researching how the social shaping of technology plays out across political, economic, cultural, and social contexts. As broadband networks and applications increasingly saturate our lives, they are being shaped and re-shaped by different forces that reflect many of the inequalities that persist in our offline lives. In this section we explore these issues and look at how people are taking on their own technology development projects.

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