Mark Carrigan and Lambros Fatsis
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781529201055
- eISBN:
- 9781529201109
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781529201055.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
This chapter disconnects from the online world to explore the relationship between sociology and its platforms. It approaches platforms as positions from which to communicate that are facilitated by ...
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This chapter disconnects from the online world to explore the relationship between sociology and its platforms. It approaches platforms as positions from which to communicate that are facilitated by technological infrastructures in digital or analogue. It also rethinks the relationship between sociology and its platforms to remind that sociology did not wait for the arrival of the internet to communicate its insights, but has always relied on other, earlier media technologies to do so. The chapter mentions print and broadcast media that predate the emergence of digital technology. It contextualizes the radical transformations that social media brought about as they became an institutionalized feature of academic life as dissemination engines and tools for generating publicity.Less
This chapter disconnects from the online world to explore the relationship between sociology and its platforms. It approaches platforms as positions from which to communicate that are facilitated by technological infrastructures in digital or analogue. It also rethinks the relationship between sociology and its platforms to remind that sociology did not wait for the arrival of the internet to communicate its insights, but has always relied on other, earlier media technologies to do so. The chapter mentions print and broadcast media that predate the emergence of digital technology. It contextualizes the radical transformations that social media brought about as they became an institutionalized feature of academic life as dissemination engines and tools for generating publicity.
Christopher R. Henke
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262083737
- eISBN:
- 9780262275286
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262083737.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This chapter focuses on Cooperative Extension, an institution of repair created during the twentieth century to bring U.S. agriculture into industrial agriculture. Debates on whether U.S. agriculture ...
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This chapter focuses on Cooperative Extension, an institution of repair created during the twentieth century to bring U.S. agriculture into industrial agriculture. Debates on whether U.S. agriculture should follow the industrialization of farming or the agrarian ideal of small independent farms are presented. Instead of resolving issues for U.S. agriculture, Cooperative Extension created an institutional identity crisis for farm advisors. The chapter discusses the introduction of the Cooperative Extension to California. Despite the introduction of Cooperative Extension, farm advisors were not able to solve the problems the growers were facing because they had little experience with niche crops. The role of farm advisors in promoting farming practices that helped to create industrial agricultural’s technological and economic infrastructure is presented.Less
This chapter focuses on Cooperative Extension, an institution of repair created during the twentieth century to bring U.S. agriculture into industrial agriculture. Debates on whether U.S. agriculture should follow the industrialization of farming or the agrarian ideal of small independent farms are presented. Instead of resolving issues for U.S. agriculture, Cooperative Extension created an institutional identity crisis for farm advisors. The chapter discusses the introduction of the Cooperative Extension to California. Despite the introduction of Cooperative Extension, farm advisors were not able to solve the problems the growers were facing because they had little experience with niche crops. The role of farm advisors in promoting farming practices that helped to create industrial agricultural’s technological and economic infrastructure is presented.
