num_pages: 327
description: Technological change is often seen as something that follows its own logic - something we may welcome, or about which we may protest, but which we are unable to alter fundamentally. This reader challenges that assumption and its distinguished contributors demonstrate that technology is affected at a fundamental level by the social context in which it develops. General arguments are introduced about the relation of technology to society and different types of technology are examined: the technology of production; domestic and reproductive technology; and military technology.
language: English
title: The Social Shaping Of Technology: How The Refrigerator Got Its Hum
titlecomplete: The Social Shaping Of Technology: How The Refrigerator Got Its Hum
genres: Philosophy, Sociology, Technology, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Open University Press