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Social construction of technology ( SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists —argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology. They also argue that the ways a technology is used cannot be understood without ...
Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) Trevor J. Pinch (1 January 1952 – 16 December 2021) was a British sociologist, part-time musician and chair of the science and technology studies department at Cornell University. [1] In 2018, he won the J.D. Bernal Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science for "distinguished contributions ...
According to Robin A. Williams and David Edge (1996), "Central to social shaping of technology ( SST) is the concept that there are choices (though not necessarily conscious choices) inherent in both the design of individual artifacts and systems, and in the direction or trajectory of innovation programs." If technology does not emerge from the ...
In the social construction of technology (SCOT) approach developed by Collins' student Trevor Pinch, as well as by the Dutch sociologist Wiebe Bijker, the strong programme was extended to technology. There are SSK-influenced scholars working in science and technology studies programs throughout the world.
Technological determinism is a reductionist theory in assuming that a society's technology progresses by following its own internal logic of efficiency, while determining the development of the social structure and cultural values. [ 1] The term is believed to have originated from Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), an American sociologist and ...
Donald Angus MacKenzie FBA FRSE FAcSS (born 3 May 1950) [1] is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His work constitutes a crucial contribution to the field of science and technology studies. He has also developed research in the field of social studies of finance. He has undertaken widely cited work on the history ...
v. t. e. Actor–network theory ( ANT) is a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and natural worlds exists in constantly shifting networks of relationships. It posits that nothing exists outside those relationships. All the factors involved in a social situation are on the same level, and thus ...
Social constructivist approaches to science and technology studies, such as social construction of technology (SCOT) often revolve around "opening the black box", or attempting to understand the internal workings of a given system. [2]