CMC Magazine / February 1, 1996
	Shaping and Being Shaped, by Daniel Chandler A Definition of Technological Determinism The term "technological determinism" was coined long ago by the American sociologist and economist Thorstein Veblen. Nowadays, the term is used to refer to the common assumption that new technologies are the primary cause of: major social and historical changes at the macrosocial level of social structure and processes; and/or subtle but profound social and psychological influences at the microsocial level of the regular use of particular kinds of tools. Commentators on technological determinism occupy roughly four standpoints. (I'd be glad to hear from anyone who knows exactly where in his writings this term first appears).
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