Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Telephone to Help People Who

Multiple Choice

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone to help people who were hard of hearing, yet the device quickly became used primarily for long-distance communication. This best illustrates which of the following views of technology?

A) The technological determinist model by which technology is seen to determine social change
B) Luddite view on which technological inventions after the 17th century are mostly superfluous
C) Social constructivist view on which humans as a social group ultimately determine the meaning and purpose of technology
D) Co-constructivist model, which gives priority neither to technology nor to society