Thickening the frame: Cross-theoretical accounts of contexts inside and around technology

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-72

  Pellegrino, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context; Practice; Social construction of technology; Technological frame

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTRANETS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STABILIZATION;

CONTEXT; PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FRAME;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 27844585590     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604271213     Document Type: Article

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