Social technology

Social technology refers to the use of sociological knowledge to bring about planned changes in society. The term is not sharply defined and is sometimes used synonymously for social engineering . Both state and private actors can use social technology.

Examples of social technology are

• Market research
• Quota television
• Election research

The term is often used negatively by sociologists or social philosophers, e.g. B. by Jürgen Habermas , who polemicises against Luhmann's system theory.

literature

• Josef Kopperschmidt : social technology . In: Gert Ueding (ed.): Historical dictionary of rhetoric . Darmstadt: WBG 1992ff., Vol. 10 (2011), Col. 1229-1238 (Lit.).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hubert Knoblauch : Social technology, sociology and rhetoric (PDF; 79 kB). Manuscript, Berlin 2006.