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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 ...
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 ...
Sociotechnology. Sociotechnology (short for "social technology") is the study of processes on the intersection of society and technology. [ 1] Vojinović and Abbott define it as "the study of processes in which the social and the technical are indivisibly combined". [ 2] Sociotechnology is an important part of socio-technical design, which is ...
Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated, and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others. [ 1] Like social constructionism, social constructivism states that people work together to actively construct artifacts. But while social constructivism focuses on ...
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 ...
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology ( UTAUT) is a technology acceptance model formulated by Venkatesh and others in "User acceptance of information technology: Toward a unified view". [1] The UTAUT aims to explain user intentions to use an information system and subsequent usage behavior.
Sociotechnical system. Sociotechnical systems ( STS) in organizational development is an approach to complex organizational work design that recognizes the interaction between people and technology in workplaces. The term also refers to coherent systems of human relations, technical objects, and cybernetic processes that inhere to large ...
Social technology contributes to a networked society. [1] Social technology is a way of using human, intellectual and digital resources in order to influence social processes. [2] For example, one might use social technology to ease social procedures via social software and social hardware, which might include the use of computers and ...