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Images of Technology in Sociology: Computer as Butterfly and Bat
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Abstract Computers begin, without being aware of it, to effect a major turn in social science technology research: machine technology, having been left for a long time to engineers and environmentalists, arouses the interest of sociologists, too. The paper highlights the conceptual advances of a new sociolog... view more
Computers begin, without being aware of it, to effect a major turn in social science technology research: machine technology, having been left for a long time to engineers and environmentalists, arouses the interest of sociologists, too. The paper highlights the conceptual advances of a new sociology of technology, which takes seriously the social constructions of technology of computer scientists and computer users. In the context of an emerging "media ecology", the main argument is about a social scientific mystification of Artificial Intelligence technologies.... view less
Keywords
electronic data processing; artificial intelligence; technical language; sociological theory; metaphor; consciousness; sociology of technology; information technology; computer; social science; new technology; communication technology; language usage; engineering
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
Technological Metaphors; Machinery; Computer technology; History of technology; Technology; Personal computers; Humans; Social sciences; Emerging technology; Social theories; Engineering; Technikbild
Document language
English
Publication Year
1990
Page/Pages
p. 203-227
Journal
Technology and Culture, 31 (1990) 2
ISSN
0040-165X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed