How Users Matter
The Co-Construction of Users and Technology
$70.86
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2005
Summary
Users have become an integral part of technology studies. The essays in this volume look at the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, including a feminist focus on users and use (in place of the traditional emphasis on men and machines), concepts from semiotics, and the cultural studies view of consumption as a cultural activity, these essays examine what users do with technology and, in turn, wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262651097 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262651092 |
| Author: | Nelly Oudshoorn, Trevor Pinch, Christina Lindsay, Ronald R. Kline, Sally Wyatt, Anne Sofie Laegran, Dale Rose, Stuart Blume |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Inside Technology |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”…An important book that thoughtfully and rigorously draws attention touser-oriented studies of technology.” Ben Schneiderman American Scientist
…An important book that thoughtfully and rigorously draws attention to user-oriented studies of technology.
—Ben Schneiderman, American ScientistAbout The Author
Nelly Oudshoorn
Nelly Oudshoorn is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.Trevor Pinch is Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and coeditor of The Social Construction of Technological Systems- New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (anniversary edition, MIT Press).Nelly Oudshoorn is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.Trevor Pinch is Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and coeditor of The Social Construction of Technological Systems- New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (anniversary edition, MIT Press).Sally Wyatt is Program Leader of the e-Humanities Group at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.Stuart S. Blume is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Science Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam.Shobita Parthasarathy is Associate Professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.Nelly Oudshoorn is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.Johan Schot is a Professor of the History of Technology at the Eindhoven University of Technology.Trevor Pinch is Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and coeditor of The Social Construction of Technological Systems- New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (anniversary edition, MIT Press).
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