Results for "Science, Technology, and Society"

INACTIVE - Science, Technology and Society is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Their aim is to give students, faculty, and others in the community the opportunity to explore the wide ranges of social impacts of emerging technologies and new scientific discoveries, using the diverse approaches of the liberal arts, social sciences, and humanities. Digital information technologies, new communication technologies and new scientific innovations are rapidly transforming traditional ways of working, learning, and living. Key STS areas include Societal Impacts of Nanotechnology, Gaming, Education, Bio-health, Surveillance, Mobile Technologies, E-society and Computer-mediated communication.

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Elizabeth L Keating

Affiliated Departments:
Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Center for Women's and Gender Studies
Research Interests:

Impacts of technology on society, particularly the role of technology in shaping communication; societal impacts of cell phones; societal impacts of nanotechnology; the role of language and other semiotic systems in…