Sociology, Volume 35Clarendon Press, 2001 - Sociology |
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... Technologies as texts ? Grint and Woolgar ( 1997 ) suggest the intriguing notion that technologies should be treated as ' texts ' which are ' written ' ( i.e. configured ) in certain ways by their developers , producers and marketers ...
... Technologies as texts ? Grint and Woolgar ( 1997 ) suggest the intriguing notion that technologies should be treated as ' texts ' which are ' written ' ( i.e. configured ) in certain ways by their developers , producers and marketers ...
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... technologies in varying ways . Constructivist methods , by focusing on such variability , have usefully brought to the fore the recognition that social processes are involved in all aspects of technology , and not simply in its effects ...
... technologies in varying ways . Constructivist methods , by focusing on such variability , have usefully brought to the fore the recognition that social processes are involved in all aspects of technology , and not simply in its effects ...
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... technologies in terms of the interpretations that are made of them by social actors of various sorts ( whether designers or users ) ; but the technologies themselves are seen as essentially empty , formless ' first moves ' in the ...
... technologies in terms of the interpretations that are made of them by social actors of various sorts ( whether designers or users ) ; but the technologies themselves are seen as essentially empty , formless ' first moves ' in the ...
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