The Social Construction of Technology
Structural Considerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans K Klein (Georgia Institute of Technology), Hans Klein (0000-0001-9429-828X, Georgia Institute of Technology), Daniel Lee Kleinman (0000-0002-8747-0851, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-52 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016224390202700102 |
| OpenAlex | W2100647802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 184 |
| References cited | 46 |
Although scholarship in the social construction of technology (SCOT) has contributed much to illuminating technological development, most work using this theoretical approach is committed to an agency-centered approach. SCOT scholars have made only limited contributions to illustrating the influence of social structures. In this article, the authors argue for the importance of structural concepts to understanding technological development. They summarize the SCOT conceptual framework defined by Trevor Pinch and Wiebe Bijker and survey some of the methodological and explanatory difficulties that arise with their approach. Then the authors present concepts from organizational sociology and political economy that illuminate structural influences in shaping phenomena of interest to SCOT scholars. These structural concepts can be applied to the study of the design, development, and transformation of technology. The authors conclude that the limited amount of scholarship on structural factors in the social shaping of technological development presents numerous opportunities for research
Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social constructionism · Social science · Social structure · Sociology · Structure and agency · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Open Source Software Innovations
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| Unique citing works | 184 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,67 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 169 |