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Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA.

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Introduction

This course takes one aspect of the debate concerning the new economy – innovation in the form of the introduction of information and communication technologies – and places it in the historical context of industrial revolutions. Is the new economy really new or ‘just another’ industrial revolution? This course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:
  • Understand the relationship between technological change and industrial revolutions
  • Appreciate the pervasive effect that new technologies can have on the economy and, in particular, on productivity
  • Understand how industry dynamics can be analyzed using the ‘industrial life cycle’ model
  • Use data and historical examples to support economic arguments.

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