The role of technology as driving force of the social change

Abstract

The progressive and constant deployment of new technologies has remarkably impacted on the society, often inadvertently. It constitutes, without any doubt, a timely agent and force for any social change, as we can show upon analyzing its incidence in diverse aspects such as the competitiveness companies and industries, or the productive sector (more generally speaking), the communication channels and mass media, the social relationships, and markedly on the citizenship quality of life. To adequately framework the ultimate impact of this technological development, it is convenient to not forget its imbrication within the globalization phenomena, aligned with the milestones of emerging technologies, and with the parallel growth of the information society. This would allow its analysis not only looking at the tangible results for the society, but also underlining those undesired consequences for the contemporaty societies. We hope to achieve with this approach a correct perspective for the subject of our research.