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View all- Rawls AJeffery AMann D(2013)Locating the modern sacred: Moral/social facts and constitutive practicesJournal of Classical Sociology10.1177/1468795X1349713716:1(53-68)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2013
Steps toward a socio-technical categorization scheme for communication and information standards
Pages 407 - 414
Abstract
Socio-technical systems continue to grow larger and more complex, comprising increasingly significant portions of contemporary society. Yet systematic understanding of interrelationships between social and technological elements remains elusive, even as computers and information systems proliferate. In this paper, we draw on ethnomethodology to distinguish several different kinds of processes through which communication and information are constituted. We discuss the distinctive properties of each in an effort to develop systematic understanding of basic elements of socio-technical systems. In particular, we offer a basic categorization of communication and information standards, noting the constitutive importance of their accompanying social practices. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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