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The Influence of Print on Social and Cultural Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2008

David S. Kaufer  and
Kathleen M. Carley
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Tracing the sociocultural influence of any technology is fraught with problems. First, many of the influences cited are likely to be too large and diffuse to be tested under experimental conditions in the laboratory. Second, the technology is likely to be, at most, an accessory to many other influencing factors rather than a singular cause. Third, insofar as the technology can be isolated as a factor of influence, the direction of the influence is often two way. The technology may cause changes in sociocultural states, but existing sociocultural states are also likely to result in the technology being used and evolved in unanticipated ways.

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Language and Technology
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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , Volume 16 , March 1996 , pp. 14 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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