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Preferred term
social shaping of technology
Definition
- The social shaping of technology (SST) is a broadly defined term used to identify the approaches that emerged in the mid-1980s with the aim of understanding the significance of technology in society and the influences of the broader social context on technological innovation. SST approaches developed as a critique of types of technological determinism and of linear models constructed to explain innovation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Social Shaping of Technology]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_shaping_of_technology
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