Thomas Parke Hughes

Wiebe E. Bijker

Trevor J. Pinch

"The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.

New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

The Social Construction of Technological Systems

Nelly Oudshoorn

A collection of essays that examines how users shape and are shaped by technology in all phases, from design to use.

The Co-construction of Users and Technologies

How Users Matter

Colin Clark

Street traders use some of the oldest and most successful selling techniques. This book analyzes the reasons for their success, and shows how people involved in selling or marketing can benefit from their skills. Street sellers use rhetoric skillfully, dealing directly and at a personal level with their customers. Their skills, at attracting an audience, demonstrating their goods, building up customers' perceptions of the value of these goods, encouraging people to purchase, and coping with trouble-makers, are needed by business people at every level on a daily basis.

Trevor J. Pinch

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