Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory (Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology)

Markus Spöhrer

ISBN 10: 1522570276 / ISBN 13: 9781522570271

Published by IGI Global, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory (Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology)
• Publisher: IGI Global
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1522570276
• ISBN 13: 9781522570271
• Binding: Book
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.78W x 2.06H x 25.4D centimeters 17.78 centimeters width by 2.06 centimeters height by 25.4 centimeters depth
• Weight: 826 grams

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Synopsis

"This book covers a wide range of topics related to actor-network theory and its use as a means of exploring socio-technical phenomena. It also includes topics relating to technological innovation, both those using actor-network theory as an explanatory framework and those using other approaches"--

About the Author

Markus Spöhrer studied American Cultural Studies, German Studies and English Literature at the University of Tübingen, Germany and also Film Production, Film History and Popular Music at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. He did his Ph. D. at the University of Konstanz, Germany (Media Studies). Currently he is a Postdoctoral researcher in the DFG project Mediale Teilhabe (Media and Participation). Also he is working as a lecturer of contemporary German film, theory of media, culture and film. His research interests are film production, media philosophy, philosophy of science and Science and Technology Studies, human enhancement, and participation cultures of the cochlear implant.