Contemporary issues and Future Development in Science, Technology and Society | Chapter 5

Contemporary issues and Future Development in Science, Technology and Society (may cover at least four topics)

A. The valuation of technology (social, economic, and cultural)
B. Dealing with technological change:
• The person in a digital society
• Information and digital divides
• The shift from primary of entries to the primary of interactions.
C. The shift of knowledge production from the university to other institutions(e.g. corporations, non-government institutions)
D. Social and digital media and their epistemologies (e.g., alternative facts)
E. Pseudoscience and science denial
F. Scientific integrity and ethics
G. Big data and privacy
H. The future of STS as a knowledge discipline in the Philippines
I. Other relevant topics