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Science, Technology and Modernization

Read article entitle ‘Technological Determinism and Modernization of Rural Society: A Case Study of Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia’. Answer all the questions.

Reading: 60 minutes

Presentation: 15 minutes/group

1. Explain the ideas of ‘technological determinism’?

Technological determinism (TD) that explained the role of technology and its implications on society.

2. Explain the process and the impacts of Malaysian rural modernization. In your opinion, to what extent science and technology influence rural modernization.

3. Compare Malaysian (rural community) modernization with other case study in term of; medium or instrument of modernization and its impacts on socioeconomic.