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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"social shaping of technology"”.
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Beyond policy: Re-inventing the future of commercial radio in Canada
This thesis presents an analysis of how the Canadian commercial radio sector operates under the concurrent pressures of regulation, economics, innovation, and cultural development, in the context of emerging technologies. Specifically, it examines the most significant changes taking place in the …
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The Trojan Horse(s) of "Hello World" culture : the story of Sony PSP domestication through the eyes of the Homebrew users
Technology that is released to the public is often "locked down" or "tethered" ready fordomestication by the regular user in the way that the manufacturer believes that it will be used(Zittrain, 2007). However, when users such as the hacker users go against the view of themanufacturer and unlock …
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Is the knowledge economy gendered? : call centres as a case study
This thesis investigates the gendering of the knowledge economy and argues that women are being excluded from key areas within it, through their employment in call centres. Access to knowledge and participation in the knowledge economy, primarily through the use of information technologies, are the …
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The Rhetoric of Repugnance: Popular Culture and Unpopular Notions in the Human Cloning Debate
… discourse on cloning following the announcement of Dolly-the-sheep's birth through nuclear transfer. Using methodologies drawn from the social shaping of technology (SST) and rhetoric of science, my analysis demonstrates how individuals and institutions, including the media, ethicists, …
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The social shaping of cloud computing: an ethnography of infrastructure in East St. Louis, Illinois
… tensions that shaped a cloud computing software implementation within a community-based organization in East St. Louis, Illinois. A community-based organization provides nonprofit social welfare services to low-income residents within a specific geographic location. In East St. Louis, 100 …
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Weaving the Home Web: A Canadian Case Study of Internet Domestication
The internet has increasingly become a part of our daily practices, and previous research has pointed to the numerous different ways individuals and groups use and integrate the internet into their lives. Yet, despite the pervasiveness of the internet within the home, few have investigated internet …
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It-retorik og hverdagsliv : Et studie af fødevarehandel over Internet
From a social constructivist point of view this thesis investigates how e-commerce of grocery develops in the period 1998-2003. The empirical research is done in Sweden. Most Swedish grocery concerns that have had e-commerce and have been forced to shut down as a result of lack of demand. The …