Technological Advancement | Sociology

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Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Background:...............................................................................................................................4
Explanations:..............................................................................................................................5
Perspectives of Technological Determinism:.............................................................................8
Perspectives of Uses Determination:.........................................................................................8
Perspectives of Social Determinism:.........................................................................................9
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................10
References:...............................................................................................................................11

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Introduction:
The higher level of acceptance of the modern society towards the technological
advancement is observed to be a substantial trend in today’s world. The technological
advancement is present in the modern world in the form of various technological gadgets and
processes. As claimed by Crowley and Heyer (2015), the technology has a significant
influence on the modern world and that is pretty prominent with the incorporation of the
technological gadgets in the life style of the people. According to the esteemed opinion of
Anderson and Anderson (2016), the technology has the potential to influence the way in
which individuals in their communication, learning and thinking in a substantial manner.
Technology is such an important aspect in the modern world that it has the deciding power on
the ways in which people interact with one and another.
According to the comments of Agarwal and Yadav (2015), the evolution of the
mobile phone technology and the internet services are substantial evidence of the alignment
of the modern life style to the technology. Holland and Bardoel (2016), highlighted that the
technology had been an important part of the professional and personal life style of the
human beings previously, however, with each passing day, it is approaching towards
becoming the fundamental factor capable of influencing the way people lead their personal
and professional life style. The study analyses the impact of the smartphones on the society.
The study provides a brief background of the selected topic and at the same time, the study
elaborates the impact of the mobile phone adoption on the society. Along with that, the study
identifies the concepts such as the Technological Determinism, Social Determination and
Uses Determination. With accurate understanding of the concepts, the study evaluates the
impact of the smartphone on the broader society with precise application of these concepts.

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Background:
With a close consideration towards the speedy lifestyle in the modern generation, it is
understandable that the individuals have lesser amount of time to manage the array of actions
that they conduct. With enhanced corporatization, the modern individuals are observed to
find considerably limited scope for managing the personal and professional life. In such
situation, the individuals are facing the acute threat of losing their work life balance which
not only affecting their physiological health but also is damaging their mental health in a
substantial manner. As claimed by Warin and Zivkovic (2019), the individuals in today’s
world are provided with considerably little scope of interacting with their peers on regular
basis which is a major setback for them when it comes to get the much required refreshment
in their busy life style. In the context of business, the technology or more specifically the
smartphone is observed to be associated with greater significance as well and that is evident
with the fact that majority of the modern business organizations are welcoming the adoption
of the smartphones for the betterment of their business.
Having said that, Yu et al. (2018), highlighted an alarming fact with the claim that
there are several business organizations who have implemented close monitoring on the
usage of the smartphones from the part of their employees and the main reason for the same
is that, the excessive usage of the smartphones for the non- productive causes, is
detrimentally affecting the smooth management of their business actions. As a result, it is
understandable that the adoption of smartphones have both positive and negative
consequences in the organizational context. In the broader societal context, the evolution of
the smartphone is considered to be responsible for changing the dynamics of the education
industry and the way the citizens of the society intake the education services. Along with that,
Shao et al. (2015), mentioned that the adoption of the smartphones is also playing a
substantial role in the influencing the delivery and intake of the health care services by