All this new technology has provided some of our modern day conviences that we use a. telephone b. automobile c. television d. What media determinism means. A. A theory of change bringing about new media technologies that bring about change in society. Technological determinism falls under media determinism and are tools that we use to determine our behavior to achieve a means to an end. B. Two leading media determinist are Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan.
Culture is shaped by media determinism and technology.
This technology is working within our complex social structure by creating our futures. Early plilosophers of technology A. Francis Bacon was the first philosopher to question technology. He believed technology would help humans in philosophical and rhetorical means. The most important developments or tools that did this in his opinion were the compass, printing press and gunpowder. B. Rene Descartes was another philosopher of technology.