Materiality and Organizing: Social Interaction in a Technological World

by Bonnie A. Nardi and Jannis Kallinikos

Book Overview

Ask a person on the street whether new technologies bring about important social change and you are likely to hear a resounding "yes." But the answer is less definitive amongst academics who study technology and social practice. Scholarly writing has been heavily influenced by the ideology of technological determinism - the belief that some types or technologically driven social changes are inevitable and cannot be stopped. Rather than argue for or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199664064
• ISBN13: 9780199664061
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"