Lecture 19Outline of Last Lecture I. MedicalizationII. HypothesisIII. ChildbirthIV. Health DisparitiesV. SociogenomicsVI. Science and SocietyOutline of Current Lecture VII. Scientific CommunicationVIII. Social Impact of BiotechnologyIX. Climate ChangeX. Impact of Climate ChangeXI. Climate Change and SocietyXII. Computers and SocietyXIII. Impact of InternetCurrent LectureI. Scientific Communicationa. science is governed by pardigmsSOC 100 1st Editioni. exisiting framerworks, theories, and findings that set the agenda for further researchii. paradigms among working scientists consensus among working scientistsb. scientific communication are created through social processi. labsii. publication1. editorial boards and peer review iii. funding 1. scientific research needs fundingiv. power and prestigec. science occupies a priviledged position in society (espe-cially in the US)i. Normative View of Science1. Truth Claimsa. widespread acceptance and scientifc findingsd. science and policy makingi. thought to be neutral and objectivee. social and political factors shape what kind of science gets producedi. stem cell researchii. funding streams1. NSF and political sceince, bureau of justice sta-tistics and racial profiling, public health and gun violenceII. Biotechnology and Human Genomec. development: DNA and the human genome projecti. mapping all human genes1. breast cancer2. depression3. alcoholism4. genes related to violenceIII. Social Impact of Biotechnologyc. privacyd. stigmitizatione. stratificationf. DNA in criminal justice systemi. reliable and stable means of identifying criminal sus-pectsii. DNA banks1. keeping records of criminal suspectsIV. Climate Changec. widespread scientific consensus by that warming is caused laregly by human activityi. multiple causationV. Impact of Climate Changec. Agriculturei. changes in temperature and rainfalld. extreme weather and accompanying disastersi. heat wave and snow stormii. hurricanesiii. floodinge. social organizationi. state responseii. migrationVI. Climate Change and Societyc. climate change and politicsi. widespread scientific consensus about causes and impactsii. scientific consensus gets filtered by other actors and organizations1. mediated through coporations, political parties,think tanks2. scientists and poltical debateVII. Impact of Climate Change Science on Societyc. policy making on climate change i. carbon marketsii. scientists frustrated by inaction1. James Hansen- Director of Nasa’s Goddard In-stitute for Space studiesd. resistance to carbon markets from some conservativesi. redistribution of wealth/increase in taxesii. tactic of challenging the scienceVIII. Computers and Societyc. Development: Interneti. Galactic Network: Conceptualizaed by JCR Lickliar of MIT in 19621. computers connected through networks 2. DARPA- Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyIX. Impact of Internetc. communicationd. commercee. educationf. politicsi. Arab spring1. coordination of protest activity2. causation?a. enhanced surveillance by repressive regimesg. digital divide- does internet promote equalityi. differentialh. social dividei. reenforcing economic differences among those with-out accessii. obama care and digital dividei. Global Dividei. economic