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Author: | Woodward, W. |
Title: | Toward a normative-contextualist theory of technology |
Journal: | Critical Studies In Mass Communication
1993 : JUN, VOL. 10:2, p. 158-178 |
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Freeterms: | INFORMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | An ethnographic, diagnostic approach is advocated for analyzing social meanings associated with contemporary technologies; and a normatively-based theoretical framework is outlined to guide research into how communications technologies may serve or impede the goals of identity, orientation, self-knowledge, and community. |
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