INFO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Takers, Leader Price, Homophily
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Reading questions: kling et al. identified six different elements of socio-technical systems. Information structures: which of the following is false of the "interpretive flexibility" discussed in pinch and bijker"s arti(cid:272)le (cid:862)the o(cid:272)ial co(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of fa(cid:272)ts a(cid:374)d artifa(cid:272)ts: or ho(cid:449) the o(cid:272)iology of (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d the. It suggests that there can more than one possible way of designing an artifact, but there is always one best way: true . It means that technological artifacts are culturally constructed and interpreted. It can be demonstrated by interviewing technologists who are engaged in a technological controversy. Adoption of a technology: based on several factors, diffusion of tech = most important, 2 important concepts tipping point + critical mass. Tipping point thesis: should think of ideas, messages, + products as epidemics (spread like viruses, stickiness factor little changes have big effects (like ripples in pond)
