Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change
@article{Gieryn1994ShapingTS, title={Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change}, author={T. Gieryn and W. Bijker and J. Law}, journal={Technology and Culture}, year={1994}, volume={35}, pages={438} }
Technology is everywhere, yet a theory of technology and its social dimension remains to be fully developed. Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded in both sociology and history. The 12 essays address the central question of how technologies become stabilized, how they attain a final form and use that is generally… CONTINUE READING
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