Connie,

I would first address some of the nuances of your question as it is formulated. The term technology does not necessarily imply computer technology so I would suggest that you first narrow your question to computer technology which is what I think is what you are after.

That being said, there are already sociological studies on how technology affects people and society and the other way around[1][2][3]. you should first focus on these sources as background literature review even though they are not empirical studies but essays. do a Google search on the authors compiled there for more recent studies and those who cite them.

A question that would come up is why should I be interested in it. You will see that throughout history every major technology is influenced by society and society influences technology. Every time there is a new technology that is revolutionary, there will be regulations that come into play (such as regulations on Drones right now, Internet censoring, etc.) this type of regulation and/or censoring is not new, but has repeated itself throughout history.

Some references that may help in the specific area that you are looking for are: [4][5][6].

This will at least help you get started.

Hope this helps

[1] Technology and the Future, 12th Edition by Albert H. Teich

[2] Society and Technological Change by Rudi Volti (Pitzer College).

[3] Science and Technology in World History. An Introduction

second edition by James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn.

[4]Organization in the crowd: peer produclarge-scale networked protests

by W. Lance Bennett, Alexandra Segerberg & Shawn Walker.

[5] A model of crowd enabled organization: Theory and methods for understanding the role of twitter in the occupy protests by Agarwal, S. D., Bennett, W. L., Johnson, C. N., & Walker, S.

[6]Masses, Crowds, Communities, Movements: Collective Action in the Internet Age. Social Movement Studies, (ahead-of-print), 1-18. by Dolata, U., & Schrape, J. F.

I also think the question should be more precise - are you interested more in theoretical writings or empircal studies?Anyway, just in order to add some ideas to the previous answer:

As a historian, I could think of taking a look at the early days of computer technology and especially the post-Yugoslav wars as an example... here, the following papers/books you might find interesting:

Walch, Jim (ed.) (1999): In the Net: An Internet Guide for Activists. London: Zed Books.

Lengel, Laura (ed.) (2000): Culture @nd Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-Communist Nations. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publ. Corp.

Markovic, Igor (1999): Tactical Media as a Tool for Survival in the War Zone. In: Polygraph 11.

Stubbs, Paul (1998): Conflict and Co-Operation in the Virtual Community: eMail and the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession. In: Sociological Research Online 3 (3), http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/7.html.

Jackson, Michele H.; Purcell, Darren (1997): Politics and media richness in world wide web representations of the former Yugoslavia. In: Geographical Review 87 (2), S. 219–239. DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.1997.tb00072.x.

You may also like to take a look at some of the following titles:

Geert Lovink (2002): Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press;

Mercedes Bunz (2013): The Silent Revolution: How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism and Politics without Making Too Much Noise. Palgrave Pivot;

or on Asia

Nishant Shah, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay (eds.) (2015): Digital Activism in Asia Reader. Lüneburg: meson press. Available at: http://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/9783957960511-Digital-Activism-Asia-Reader.pdf.

(or other titles of meson press: http://meson.press/)

or other papers on mobilization & social media as

Casemajor, Nathalie; Couture, Stéphane; Delfin, Mauricio; Goerzen, Matthew; Delfanti, Alessandro (2015): Non-participation in digital media: toward a framework of mediated political action. In: Media, Culture & Society 37 (6), S. 850–866. DOI: 10.1177/0163443715584098.

DeLuca, Kevin M.; Lawson, Sean; Sun, Ye (2012): Occupy Wall Street on the Public Screens of Social Media. The Many Framings of the Birth of a Protest Movement. In: Communication, Culture & Critique 5 (4), S. 483–509. DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-9137.2012.01141.x.

Gerbaudo, Paolo (2012): Tweets and the streets. Social media and contemporary activism. London: Pluto Press.

Hope this can help too.

This is very helpful. I am still trying to decide what avenue, but I am thinking more theoretical for now. I will review the materials that you have listed.

This is very helpful. I am still trying to decide what avenue, but I am thinking more theoretical for now. I will review the materials that you have listed.

 Hi Connie:

I would check out the Peace Tech Labhttp://www.usip.org/programs/projects/the-peacetech-lab  which has worked on some of these issues.  If you want to investigate deeply the issues of civil mobilization I would go to the ICNC site:

https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org

Hope these help - best of luck.

George