A Study On Technology Choice Of China’s IPTV From The Perspective Of The Social Shaping Of Technology

According to the social shaping of technology theory perspective, analysis of theIPTV during the development of a variety of social factors on the impact of technologychoice. Unlike the usual technology research in the history of ideas, this article from thegeneration of IPTV, IPTV technology choice of development pattern and so on severalaspects elaborates respectively, on policy, market, operation mode and other factors onIPTV technology shaping are analyzed. Impact of technology choice of policy andmarket are two important factors of the social choice, technology plays a major role, inthe different stages of technological development, the government and the marketcompetition is deciding the technical socialization trend and the progress. Operationmode as IPTV’s main way of promotion, its different options to a certain extent, but alsoabout the IPTV technology choice. In the development of IPTV technology different side,various social factors shaping the role of each have weight, not only a unilateral factorsalways leading. All kinds of social factors influence each other, together in the IPTVpath choice, not independently shaping effect.