What are socially disruptive technologies?

Scholarly discourse on “disruptive technologies” has been strongly influenced by disruptive innovation theory. This theory is tailored for analyzing disruptions in markets and business. It of limited use, however, the broader social, moral existential dynamics technosocial disruption. Yet these should be great scholarly concern, both coming to terms with technological past those our current age. Technologies can disrupt social relations, institutions, epistemic paradigms, foundational concepts, values, even nature human cognition experience – domains disruption that are largely neglected existing technologies. Accordingly, this paper seeks reorient discussion around a notion raises three questions. First, how conceptualized way clearly sets it apart from framework? Secondly, does relate concordant notions “disruptor” “disruptiveness”? Thirdly, we advance criteria assess “degree disruptiveness” different technologies? The clarifies questions proposes an answer each them. In doing so, advances “technosocial disruption” as key analysandum future scholarship interactions between technology society.