Social Change (Arizona State University)
Exam 1. Week 2 Notes
,
, THE SOURCES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Changes aren’t permanent… but change is…
Social change defined – the transformation of society over time.
I) THE SOURCES OF SOCIAL CHANGE:
A) Natural and Manmade Disasters: the initial and ever present source of social
change.
-The Mayans:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/06oct_maya/
- Terrible drought in the decades they disappeared. Made it more severe by
their hunting and farming practices.
- Is global warming real? Like the republicans say, “ I am not a sceintfist but.”
- Are humans creating the change or was it going to happen anyway?
- What kinds of social change will pollution bring?
- By the year 2050 the oceans will contain more plastic than fish.
- Madmax, Brazille, goes over these social changes that could occur
depending on what human beins are doing to the earth now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oceans-plastic-fish-
2050_us_569e9963e4b00f3e986327a0?utm_hp_ref=tw
-Fukushima:
One of the largest man made disasters going on right now. After earthquake and
tsunami. Hard to tell the effects of radiation from exposure.
Worst meltdown in a populated area that the world has ever
seen. Any robots they send shut down.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fukushimas-ground-zero-no-place-man-robot-
003153046-- finance.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/10/us-watches-as-fukushima-continues-to-leak-
radiation.html Fairwinds.org
Only 100 miles north of Tokyo.
B) Population pressures.
Resource scarcity and
disease.
- Irish potato famine.Drove them of the United States.
- Dust Bowl of the Great Depression Era.
- Disease can cause social change. Remember the ebola thing. Attribute that
the ebola scare went away as quick as it came because after the 3 week
incubation scare of the first couple people who go ebola, no one else really
got sick.
- Epidemics are an effect of population pressures.
- The Black Plague happened after Europe became integrated into trade.
Spurred the black plague.
- #When ebola was first discovered it was originally small african tribes.
Became a bigger problem whenever globalization occurs, and people are
not longer isolated for so long. They link up to the globalized trading
system.
, - Those who commit genocide would not want to use disease because it is
hard to control who gets sick.
- Prometheus is about an alian race trying to use an epedemic against
humans and it backfired.
C) Cultural Diffusion:
- New ways of doing and seeing things cross borders, usually owing
to trade. Similar process that an epidemic would follow. But
positive.
- Forms of Entertainment:
- Hip-hop to Raves.
Hip-hop is the Global Language of the oppressed in the united states, and around the
world, to express their anguish.
Old people are supposed to hate sagging pants;' they are supposed to hate it.
England got rid of the rap, but kept the mixing and beats. That led to EDM
and raves.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1XGdu-hzQ
- Styles of dress.
- Food.
D) Technological Innovation:
Living through the most profound tech revolution of all time.
Humans are becoming post human.
When we combine Cultural Diffusion and Technological Innovation we call that type of
social change Globalization, which is rapidly transforming human culture.
Technological Innovation + Cultural Diffusion = Globalization
- Why is technological change so painful, paradox because it is so profound
and prevelent and yet painful. It is particularly difficult because it forces
change in all aspects of society, however the rest of society moves much
slower normally.
Social institutions change much slower than technologies. This my friends, is why it
feels like the world is collapsing around us, our social institutions are entirely out
of sync with our technologies.
TEST QUESTION: -Changes in social institutions are always painful because the powerful
resist, but the powerful are happy to profit from changes in technology, therefore our
social systems become hopelessly out of sync with our technological systems,
especially during periods of rapid technological change.
- Technological change tends to come in major waves of transformation. Such
massive waves are usually kicked off by a profound breakthrough – such as the
steam engine during the 1st Industrial Revolution – c.1780-1840. The development
of the automobile and electricity during the 2nd Industrial Revolution c.1890-1920.
Or the development of the microprocessor during the first wave of the ITR c. 1980-
2010.
Are we in a new round of technological change?
Massive waves of technological revolution is probably not the rate way to think about it.
Exam 1. Week 2 Notes
,
, THE SOURCES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Changes aren’t permanent… but change is…
Social change defined – the transformation of society over time.
I) THE SOURCES OF SOCIAL CHANGE:
A) Natural and Manmade Disasters: the initial and ever present source of social
change.
-The Mayans:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/06oct_maya/
- Terrible drought in the decades they disappeared. Made it more severe by
their hunting and farming practices.
- Is global warming real? Like the republicans say, “ I am not a sceintfist but.”
- Are humans creating the change or was it going to happen anyway?
- What kinds of social change will pollution bring?
- By the year 2050 the oceans will contain more plastic than fish.
- Madmax, Brazille, goes over these social changes that could occur
depending on what human beins are doing to the earth now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oceans-plastic-fish-
2050_us_569e9963e4b00f3e986327a0?utm_hp_ref=tw
-Fukushima:
One of the largest man made disasters going on right now. After earthquake and
tsunami. Hard to tell the effects of radiation from exposure.
Worst meltdown in a populated area that the world has ever
seen. Any robots they send shut down.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fukushimas-ground-zero-no-place-man-robot-
003153046-- finance.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/10/us-watches-as-fukushima-continues-to-leak-
radiation.html Fairwinds.org
Only 100 miles north of Tokyo.
B) Population pressures.
Resource scarcity and
disease.
- Irish potato famine.Drove them of the United States.
- Dust Bowl of the Great Depression Era.
- Disease can cause social change. Remember the ebola thing. Attribute that
the ebola scare went away as quick as it came because after the 3 week
incubation scare of the first couple people who go ebola, no one else really
got sick.
- Epidemics are an effect of population pressures.
- The Black Plague happened after Europe became integrated into trade.
Spurred the black plague.
- #When ebola was first discovered it was originally small african tribes.
Became a bigger problem whenever globalization occurs, and people are
not longer isolated for so long. They link up to the globalized trading
system.
, - Those who commit genocide would not want to use disease because it is
hard to control who gets sick.
- Prometheus is about an alian race trying to use an epedemic against
humans and it backfired.
C) Cultural Diffusion:
- New ways of doing and seeing things cross borders, usually owing
to trade. Similar process that an epidemic would follow. But
positive.
- Forms of Entertainment:
- Hip-hop to Raves.
Hip-hop is the Global Language of the oppressed in the united states, and around the
world, to express their anguish.
Old people are supposed to hate sagging pants;' they are supposed to hate it.
England got rid of the rap, but kept the mixing and beats. That led to EDM
and raves.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1XGdu-hzQ
- Styles of dress.
- Food.
D) Technological Innovation:
Living through the most profound tech revolution of all time.
Humans are becoming post human.
When we combine Cultural Diffusion and Technological Innovation we call that type of
social change Globalization, which is rapidly transforming human culture.
Technological Innovation + Cultural Diffusion = Globalization
- Why is technological change so painful, paradox because it is so profound
and prevelent and yet painful. It is particularly difficult because it forces
change in all aspects of society, however the rest of society moves much
slower normally.
Social institutions change much slower than technologies. This my friends, is why it
feels like the world is collapsing around us, our social institutions are entirely out
of sync with our technologies.
TEST QUESTION: -Changes in social institutions are always painful because the powerful
resist, but the powerful are happy to profit from changes in technology, therefore our
social systems become hopelessly out of sync with our technological systems,
especially during periods of rapid technological change.
- Technological change tends to come in major waves of transformation. Such
massive waves are usually kicked off by a profound breakthrough – such as the
steam engine during the 1st Industrial Revolution – c.1780-1840. The development
of the automobile and electricity during the 2nd Industrial Revolution c.1890-1920.
Or the development of the microprocessor during the first wave of the ITR c. 1980-
2010.
Are we in a new round of technological change?
Massive waves of technological revolution is probably not the rate way to think about it.
