For the past 200 years, the world has been changing at a pace of unthinkable at any time in previous human history. This progress of change began with what is recognized as the industrial revolution, and spread out through whole over the world in the form of modernization. Since modernization deals with social change from agrarian societies to industrial ones, it is important to look at the technological viewpoint. New technologies do not change societies by itself. Rather, it is the response to technology that causes change. Frequently, Technology makes it possible for a more innovated society and broad social change. What becomes of this is a dramatic change through the centuries that has evolved socially, industrially, and economically, summed up by the term modernization. Modernization is a holistic-concept used in sociology and politics. According to theories of modernization, each society would evolve inexorably from barbarism to ever greater levels of development and civilization.
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