Technology in Working Order
Studies of Work, Interaction and Technology
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-415-06840-6 (ISBN)
Description
Within the social sciences there is growing interest in the contribution that can be made to the uses, design, operation and implementation of new technology. Much funding and research has gone into empirically-based enquiries in the field which have led to important developments in a range of industrial and practical settings. Much of the work already done has concentrated on the cognitive sciences and ergonomics, to look at the practicalities of the way humans use machines. This text brings together research from sociology to look at how the subject can be of direct relevance to developments in industry. Subjects covered range from introducing technology into the lives of air traffic controllers and the police, to studies of simulated human-computer interaction, and the use of "intelligent machines" in medical settings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-06840-6 (9780415068406)
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Person
Content
Part One: Analytic Orientations 1. The Curious Case of the Vanishing Technology, Graham Button. Part Two: Introducing Technology into the Work Setting. Disembodied Conduct: International Asymmetrics in Video Mediated Communication, Christian Heath and Paul Luff. The Use of "Intelligent" Machines for Electrocardiograph Interpretation, Joanne Hartland. The Police and Information Technology, Douglas Benson. Taking the Organization into Accounts, Graham Button and Richard Harper. Part Three: Work Practices in the Use of Technology. Technologies of Accountability: Of Lizards and Airplanes, Lucy Suchman. What a F-ing System! Send 'em All to the Same Place and then Expect us to Stop 'em Hitting: Making Technology Work in Air Traffic Control, Richard Harper and John Hughes. Part Four: Design and Implementation. Working Toward Agreement, Wes Sharrock and Bob Anderson. The Mainstreaming of a Molecular Biological Tool: A Case Study of a New Technique, Kathleen Jordan and Michael Lynch. Part Five: Human-Computer Interaction. System Use and Social Organization, Paul Luff and Christian Heath. We're Off to Ring the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Robin Wooffitt and Norman Fraser. The Turing Test and Langauge Skills, Harry Collins.