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The Social Construction of Technological Systems (1989)

The Social Construction of Technological Systems (1989)

Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas Parke Hughes, Trevor J. Pinch, Trevor Pinch

Year: 1989
Authors: Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas Parke Hughes, Trevor J. Pinch, Trevor Pinch
Publishers: MIT Press
Pages: 428
Print type: BOOK

Description:

"The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.