STS 176 - Technology and Politics

Institution:

Stanford University

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Description:

The impact of politics, scientific advice, and government actors on new technologies; their effects on political life. How politics have shaped the development, use, and regulation of information, bio-, nano-, space-based weapons, nuclear power, and greenhouse gas technologies. How technologies such as television, the Internet, and large computer databases have affected democratic politics, freedom, privacy, equality, civil society, and political participation. Focus is on U.S. politics; attention to developments elsewhere. 5 units, offered occasionally

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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