Strategic Dimensions of Technology

2018 ◽  
pp. 255-283
Author(s):  
H. Igor Ansoff ◽  
Daniel Kipley ◽  
A. O. Lewis ◽  
Roxanne Helm-Stevens ◽  
Rick Ansoff
Keyword(s):  
Dimensions Of Technology

Misuse or misdesign? Yik Yak on college campuses and the moral dimensions of technology design

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinglan Li ◽  
Ioana Literat
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Technology Design ◽  
Yik Yak ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Dimensions Of Technology

Yik Yak, a location-based, anonymous social media app, has been gaining negative attention as a platform that often gives voice to bullying, racism and sexism on college campuses across the country. Integrating research on digital anonymity and cyberbullying, this paper analyzes the key features of Yik Yak and discusses the ethical dimensions of technology design, as illustrated by the Yik Yak case study. Based on this analysis and integrating previous research findings on interaction in digital spaces, we conclude by providing a set of guidelines for integrating ethical considerations into the process of designing social apps, and offer a few directions for further research in this area.

The Emerging Field of Technoethics

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Dimensions Of Technology

Over the last 30 years, an amassing body of work has focused on ethical dimensions of technology in a variety of contexts impacting society. This purpose of this paper is to trace the emergence of this new interdisciplinary field by exploring its conceptual development, important issues, and key areas of current technoethics’ scholarship. The first part of this paper introduces key concepts and provides a skeletal description of its historical background and rationale. The second part of this paper identifies key areas and issues in technoethics in an effort to help inform scholarship in technoethics. This paper is based on the premise that it is of vital importance to encourage dialogue aimed at determining the ethical use of technology, guarding against the misuse of technology, and formulating common principles to help guide new advances in technological development and application to benefit society.

The Medical Drug as a Technological Object

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Jonathan Simon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Technology ◽  
Phenomenological Philosophy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Object ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
Medical Drug ◽  
Dimensions Of Technology

This article considers the medical drug as a technological object, in order to determine what philosophy of technology can bring to the study of pharmaceuticals and what the study of medical drugs can bring to the philosophy of technology. This approach will allow us to locate the differences between the medical drug and other objects that usually form the focus for studies in the philosophy of technology, and to discuss the problematic fit of the models proposed in the field to pharmaceuticals. After reflecting on the origins of this problem in both the philosophy of pharmacy and the philosophy of technology, I propose an examination of medical drugs using an analytical schema developed by Andrew Feenberg. I expose several shortcomings of this ‘post-phenomenological’ philosophy of technology applied to medical drugs. Despite the various problems identified, I nevertheless argue that the philosophy of technology is useful for thinking about medical drugs, particularly because of the emphasis it places on the social and political dimensions of technology. In conclusion, I argue in favour of a more open, eclectic philosophical engagement with medical drugs that puts more emphasis on their economic, social and political dimensions.

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