A social shaping perspective on the development of the world wide web: The case of iCraveTV

New Media and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-258

  Lenert, Edward ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Cultural contradictions of capitalism; ICraveTV; Interpretive flexibility; Social shaping of technology; Sociotechnical ensembles; Stabilization; Webcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842435086     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444804041442     Document Type: Review

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