[Technology development as social process: prospects and frontiers of social scientific elucidation of technological advancement].
This article provides an overview of the new developments in social scientific technology research which have changed considerably as a result of public debate and reactions to the importance of advancements in technology. The shift in emphasis, away from the effects of technology to its shaping, is described and certain hypotheses and concepts of advancement in the study of the social conditions underlying technical development processes are presented.
Dierkes
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.
D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D012924:Social Conditions; D012942:Social Sciences; D013672:Technology
Technische Entwicklung als sozialer Prozess. Chancen und Grenzen einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Erklärung der Technikgenese.