How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technology

by Nelly Oudshoorn and Trevor Pinch

Book Overview

Users have become an integral part of technology studies. The essays in this volume look at the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, including a feminist focus on users and use (in place of the traditional emphasis on men and machines), concepts from semiotics, and the cultural studies view of consumption as a cultural activity, these essays examine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262651092
• ISBN13: 9780262651097
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher