The social shaping of technology

Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events

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Technological paradigms and technological trajectories

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Sectoral patterns of technical change: Towards a taxonomy and a theory

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The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other

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In search of useful theory of innovation

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Upon Opening the Black Box and Finding It Empty: Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Technology

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Structural change and assimilation of new technologies in the economic and social systems

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On Interests and their Transformation: Enrolment and Counter-Enrolment

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History of Science and its Sociological Reconstructions

Shapin, S. (1982) · History of Science · doi:10.1177/007327538202000301 · Cited by 444

The Turn to Technology in Social Studies of Science

Woolgar, S. (1991) · Science, Technology, & Human Values · doi:10.1177/016224399101600102 · Cited by 358

Reproducing the party army: Ontological security in Chinese military innovation

Chung, Y. (2025) · International Relations of the Asia-Pacific · doi:10.1093/irap/lcaf017 · Cited by 1

EU AI Act regulation: a study of non-European Union manufacturers' compliance preparedness

Kauffman, M., Soares, M. N., Chao, K., Long, T., & Manzato, W. J. J. (2026) · Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management · doi:10.1108/jmtm-07-2025-0657 · Cited by 3

Digitalization of Media Work and Resocialization in the Indian Urdu Daily Inquilab

Amanullah, A. (2025) · Journalism Practice · doi:10.1080/17512786.2025.2544187 · Cited by 1

‘This is a matter of life and death for efficiency’: the implications of datafication within public services for epistemic (in)justice

Parviainen, J., Teräsahde, S., Kuusipalo, P., Koski, A., & Rantala, J. (2026) · AI & Society · doi:10.1007/s00146-026-03157-9 · Cited by 1

Who Controls Whom? History and Educational Technologies

Lily, A. E. A., & Foland, J. R. (2015) · Journal of Organisational Transformation & Social Change · doi:10.1179/1477963315z.00000000037 · Cited by 1

ICTD: Internet Adoption and Usage Amongst Rural Users in China

Zhao, J. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-3910-9_17 · Cited by 1

The activities and typologies in service innovation design and deployment: A socio-technical perspective on university based Living Lab

Lai, H. C., Hu, K. K., & Chen, L. W. (2011) · doi:10.1109/ieem.2011.6118096 · Cited by 1

Internet, Municipal Governance, and Local Economic Development: A Case of the Los Angeles Basin Area

Bae, K.-H., & Lee, K. (2007) · International Review of Public Administration · doi:10.1080/12294659.2008.10805105 · Cited by 1

Technology in Life

Saariluoma, P. O., Cañas, J. J., & Leikas, J. (2016) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53047-9_1 · Cited by 1

Redrawing the Labor Line: Technology and Work in Digital Capitalism

Fisher, E. (2010) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9780230299047_38 · Cited by 1

Policy-Related Barriers

Jaegersberg, G., & Ure, J. (2017) · Innovation, technology and knowledge management · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50365-3_11 · Cited by 1

Revolution postponed? Tracing the development and limitations of open content filmmaking

Giannatou, E., Campagnolo, G. M., Franklin, M., Stewart, J., & Williams, R. (2018) · Information Communication & Society · doi:10.1080/1369118x.2018.1464590 · Cited by 1

Risks, Technologies and Societies

Anderson, S., & Felici, M. D. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-2143-5_1 · Cited by 1

Changes in Online Subjectivity

Smutný, Z., & Janoščík, V. (2018) · Advances in human and social aspects of technology book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-4047-2.ch001 · Cited by 1

Managing Responsible Standardization of Smart Infrastructures and Applications

Jakobs, K. (2019) · Advances in human resources management and organizational development book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9008-8.ch010 · Cited by 1

Towards a Sociology of Punishment for International Criminal Justice

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0008 · Cited by 1

The Strategic, Cognitive, and Institutional Perspectives of Transparency: The Meijer’s Model Applied to Italian Local Government

Cardillo, E. (2020) · Eurasian studies in business and economics · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53536-0_18 · Cited by 1

ICT, Smart Systems, and Standardization

Jakobs, K. (2020) · Advances in logistics, operations, and management science book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch067 · Cited by 1

Machine-Human Interaction: A Paradigm Shift?

Saint-Louis, H. (2021) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78462-1_9 · Cited by 1

Non-user

Sweidan, S., & Ejercito, K. (2022) · Internet Policy Review · doi:10.14763/2022.2.1663 · Cited by 1

Emerging Standardization

Cordella, A. (2011) · International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation · doi:10.4018/jantti.2011070104 · Cited by 1

Introduction

Sun, H. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93022-0_1 · Cited by 1

Queering Tinderella

Duguay, S. (2022) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190076184.003.0002 · Cited by 1

Research on digital transformation of China's traditional manufacturing industry enabled by digital economy based on system dynamics

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Journalismus und Religion

Radde-Antweiler, K. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-32153-6_55-1 · Cited by 1

The politics between power and digital capital in China's cyberspace: a case study of Chinese digital games

Liu, J. (2023) · Frontiers in Communication · doi:10.3389/fcomm.2023.1224021 · Cited by 1

The Impact of Social Media on Communication

Eskandarzadeh, A. (2024) · Advances in media, entertainment and the arts (AMEA) book series · doi:10.4018/979-8-3693-0855-4.ch003 · Cited by 1

Data Journalism Appropriation in African Newsrooms: A Comparative Study of Botswana and Namibia

Motsaathebe, G., Munoriyarwa, A., & Chiumbu, S. H. (2025) · Journalism Practice · doi:10.1080/17512786.2024.2447805 · Cited by 1

The social shaping of cloud computing: An ethnography of infrastructure in east St. Louis, Illinois

Rhinesmith, C. (2014) · Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/meet.2014.14505101060 · Cited by 1

Genetic testing and human subjectivity

Arribas‐Ayllon, M. (2015) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · doi:10.1111/spc3.12174 · Cited by 1

Conceptual evolution of technological regime and sociotechnical change: A theory of paradigmatic schools

Ho, J. C., & Liang, H.-W. (2015) · Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) · doi:10.1109/picmet.2015.7273055 · Cited by 1

Associated analysis of technological progress, economy and ecological environment

Pan, Z., Wang, X., & Guo, R. (2012) · Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC) · doi:10.1109/ccdc.2012.6244622 · Cited by 1

The Impact of Mobile Phones on the New Urban Poor: Leaving an Urban Footprint?

Wong, A. (2008) · Journal of Urban Technology · doi:10.1080/10630730802677921 · Cited by 1

Empowering Social Knowledge with Information Technology

Ružić, F. (2010) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-203-1.ch015 · Cited by 1

La technologie peut-elle être l’une des composantes de la competence collective ? Le cas de l’utilisation d’une technologie de viticulture de precision au sein d’une exploitation

Moreiro, L. (2017) · Vie & sciences de l entreprise · doi:10.3917/vse.202.0071 · Cited by 1

Assessing the ERP-SAP implementation strategy from cultural perspectives

Wang, G., Syaiful, B., Sfenrianto, S., & Nurul, F. A. (2017) · IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering · doi:10.1088/1757-899x/237/1/012020 · Cited by 1

Understanding Construction Technology Transfer from a ‘SCOT’ Perspective

Oti‐Sarpong, K., & Leiringer, R. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6190-5_133 · Cited by 1

Knowledge Management and Organisational Culture

Kayas, O. G., & Wright, G. H. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71434-9_6 · Cited by 1

Approche féministe et recherche en S.I. : une étude de MIS Quarterly

Morley, C. (2018) · Systèmes d information & management · doi:10.3917/sim.183.0011 · Cited by 1

The social shaping of smart cities

Mora, L., & Deakin, M. (2019) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-815477-9.00007-4 · Cited by 1

The Co-production of Pilot Projects and Society

Ryghaug, M., & Skjølsvold, T. M. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61184-2_2 · Cited by 1

Becoming Social Museums by Being Virtual-Oriented and Technology-Driven Organisations

Romanelli, M. (2021) · Culture Society Economy Politics · doi:10.2478/csep-2021-0006 · Cited by 1

ICT Usage Behaviours by SMEs in Varying Operational Environments: A Nigerian Case Study

Rufai, I. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75894-3_15 · Cited by 1

The Papacy in the Digital Age: The End of the Imperative

Müllerová, V., & Franc, J. (2022) · Studia theologica · doi:10.5507/sth.2022.019 · Cited by 1

‘What tools should we use?’: Politicized youth’s perspectives on digital activism in the Basque Country

Irizar, O. O., Arretxe, I. I., & Rentería, A. L. (2022) · Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies · doi:10.1386/cjcs_00072_1 · Cited by 1

Information and Communication Technologies and Workplace Learning: The Contested Terrain of Legislation, Policies, Programs and Practices

Sawchuk, P. H. (2008) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/1-4020-3201-3_49 · Cited by 1

Engaging with a Scientific Community: Converging Technologies as an Issue for the Social Sciences and HumanitiesPreprint

Blümel, C., Friedewald, M., & Beckert, B. (2014) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2375861 · Cited by 1

Anthony Giddens on Nuclear Strategy: A Comment

Mackenzie, D., & Spinardi, G. (1991) · Sociology · doi:10.1177/0038038591025003007 · Cited by 1

Book Reviews : Making Technology Our Own? Domesticating Technology into Everyday Life, edited by Merete Lie and Knut H. Sørensen. Oslo, Oxford, and Boston: Scandinavian University Press, 1996, vii + 223 pp. $36/£26

Lohan, E. M. (1998) · Science Technology & Human Values · doi:10.1177/016224399802300207 · Cited by 1

The Social and Economic Factors within ICT Development in China: A Case Study of Linux Development in China

Zhou, Y., Shen, X., & Fan, L. (2007) · International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing · doi:10.1109/wicom.2007.1480 · Cited by 1

Strategic Deployment of E-Learning

Gannon‐Leary, P., & Carr, J. (2010) · Advances in higher education and professional development book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-61520-879-1.ch021 · Cited by 1

Ad hoc Networking and Grid Computing from the perspective of the user: The case of screen sharing using Wireless Grids

Vermaas, K., & van de Wijngaert, L. A. L. (2006) · International Conference in Central Asia on Internet · doi:10.1109/canet.2006.279239 · Cited by 1

The Networked Effect of Children and Online Digital Technologies

Castro, T. S., Osório, A. J., & Bond, E. (2017) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch636 · Cited by 1

Lean Construction

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AI Privacy in Context: A Comparative Study of Public and Institutional Discourse on Conversational AI Privacy in the US and ChinaPreprint

Zhang, R., Li, H. Z., Afonso, Liu, Z., & Lee, Y. (2024) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/qw7gx · Cited by 1

Futures work: Liliana Doganova (2024) Discounting the future: The ascendency of a political technology (Zone Books)

Neyland, D. (2024) · Economy and Society · doi:10.1080/03085147.2024.2413808 · Cited by 1

Computer Personnel: A Brief Historical View of the People Who Make Digital Things Work

Krasteva, S., & Niederman, F. (2013) · Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) · doi:10.1109/hicss.2013.141

Quelle place dans la vie quotidienne pour la télévision mobile? résultats d'une étude de terrain longitudinale

von Pape, T., & Karnowski, V. (2008) · Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine (IHM) · doi:10.1145/1512714.1512736

Collaboration in biotechnology governance: why should African countries worry about those among them that are technologically weak?

Mugwagwa, J. (2009) · International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development · doi:10.1386/ijtm.8.3.265/1

Pluraridade e pensamento sistêmico em projetos de telecomunicações

de Holanda, G. M., Menezes, E., Martins, R. B., & Loural, C. D. A. (2005) · RAE eletrônica · doi:10.1590/s1676-56482005000200006

Protocol for Working in Diverse and Distributed Project Teams

Aguilar, R. A. (2008) · SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing · doi:10.4271/2008-01-0550

Analysis of regulatory systems of broadcasting and telecommunications: A comparative study focusing on Korea and the United States

Lee, H., & Kim, Y. (2015) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.tele.2015.12.006

Positioning Guglielmo Marconi's wireless : a rhetorical analysis of an early twentieth-century technology.

Toscano, A. A. (2006) · doi:10.18297/etd/1450

Standards and Consumers - A Case Study of Packaged Drinking WaterPreprint

Jani, D. (2015) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2637309

Factors Influencing Establishment and Changes to the System Architecture of Industry-University-Government Alliances

Koh, Y. (2016) · Journal of Economics Business and Management · doi:10.18178/joebm.2016.4.5.423

The Nature and Practices of AmI: Historical a Priori, Epistemic, Institutional, Political, and Socio-cultural Perspectives

Bibri, S. E. (2015) · Atlantis ambient and pervasive intelligence · doi:10.2991/978-94-6239-142-0_4

Architecture, Infrastructure, and Broadband Civic Network Design: An Institutional View

Venkatesh, M., & Chango, M. (2009) · Human-computer interaction series · doi:10.1007/978-1-84800-332-3_16

An Introduction and Overview

Roulstone, A. (2016) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/978-1-137-45042-5_1

NANOMEDICINE'S TRANSVERSALITY

López, J. J., & Noury, M. (2016) · doi:10.1002/9781118993620.ch16

The Global Context of Standardization

Schoechle, T. (2009) · Advances in IT standards and standardization research (AISSR) book series/Advances in IT standards and standardization research series · doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-334-0.ch003

Technology Integration in Work Settings

Joshua-Gojer, A. E., Allen, J., & Aguilar, M. G. (2014) · Advances in business information systems and analytics book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6473-9.ch001

Technology as Enabler of Institutional Reform in Government

Homburg, V. M. F. (2014) · Advances in information quality and management · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch272

The Role of the Individual in ICT Standardisation

Jakobs, K. (2014) · Advances in IT standards and standardization research (AISSR) book series/Advances in IT standards and standardization research series · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6332-9.ch014

Knowing the Game

Ortiz, J. A. (2011) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-567-4.ch018

The Role of History in Information Systems Research: Beyond Presentism

Mitev, N. (2014) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9781137432124_10

Feminist Technotopias: the Relocation of Technology as Aesth/ethic Project

Timeto, F. (2009) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-211-78891-2_66

Revisiting Information Systems Research in Nonprofit Context

Eshraghi, A. (2015) · Advances in marketing, customer relationship management, and e-services book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8353-2.ch016

Historical Perspectives of the Concept of Child and Technology Innovation

Allen, L. E., Winsor, D. L., & Blake, S. S. (2011) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-317-1.ch003

The Social Construction of Intelligent Parcel Tracking

Graham, I. M., Lloyd, A., Spinardi, G., & Williams, R. (2001) · IFAC Proceedings Volumes · doi:10.1016/s1474-6670(17)41730-7

Technology in work organizations

Bratton, J. A., Sawchuk, P. H., Forshaw, C., Callinan, M., & Corbett, M. (2010) · doi:10.1007/978-0-230-36602-2_11

Nuovi modelli produttivi, organizzativi, tecnologici e relazionali

Berra, M. (2017) · Quaderni di Sociologia · doi:10.4000/qds.1666

Technology and Transformation in Government

Homburg, V. M. F. (2009) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch589

The Sociotechnical Systems of Energy and Carbon Emissions in Housing

Oladokun, M. G., & Aigbavboa, C. O. (2018) · Green energy and technology · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75346-1_3

Digital Revolution Tamed in the Recording Industry

Sun, H. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93022-0_8

Towards a More Sophisticated Account

Sun, H. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93022-0_2

A STS-related Contents Analysis in Society･Culture Textbooks - Focusing on the Unit of 'Information'

Ju, J.-J. (2008) · 시민교육연구 · doi:10.35557/trce.40.4.200812.005

The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation, by Carl BenediktFrey (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2019), pp. 480.

Novak, M. (2019) · Economic Record · doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12516

Victimological Imaginations

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0006

Penal Imaginations of Global Justice-Making

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0005 · Cited by 1

Sovereignty and Solidarity

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0007

Networks of Global Justice-Making

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0003

Spaces and Places of International Criminal Justice

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0002

Locating International Criminal Justice

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0001

From Moral Entrepreneurs to Moral Advocates

Lohne, K. (2019) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198818748.003.0004

The Learning Affordances of a Facebook Environment

Blewett, C. N., & Hugo, W. (2019) · Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa · doi:10.29086/2519-5476/2019/sp25.3a4

Responses to the reviews

Vaidhyanathan, S. (2020) · Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations · doi:10.21018/rjcpr.2020.1.294

Bioethical Inquiries About Artificial Intelligence

Ekmekçi, P. E., & Arda, B. (2020) · SpringerBriefs in ethics · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52448-7_4

Health Informatics and Co-Innovation: Connecting Patients, Clinical Practice, and Technology

Galbrun, J. (2020) · Translational systems sciences · doi:10.1007/978-981-15-3781-3_6

Introduction: Media and Conflict Studies in the Social Media Age

Zhang, S. I. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-15-7635-5_1

Social Shaping of the Age of AI Robots: An exploratory analysis of the portrayal of AI robots on TV news from 2010-2019

Sohn, S. (2020) · Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies · doi:10.20879/kjjcs.2020.64.6.006

Social Shaping Reviewd: Research Concepts and Findings in the UK

Williams, R., & Edge, D. (1992) · ERA · doi:10.7488/era/7162

Shaping technology, guiding policy: concepts, spaces and tools

Sørensen, K. H., & Williams, R. S. B. (2002) · Cited by 179

The Social Shaping of Technology: A New Space for Politics?

Yoshinaka, Y., Clausen, C., & Hansen, A. (2003) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55473-5_7 · Cited by 16

Research on Social Shaping of Technology and Its Implications

Fei, X. (2012) · Kexue jishu zhexue yanjiu

The Social Shaping of Technology (SST)

Williams, R. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316691489.006 · Cited by 18