Digitalization and Social Change: A Guide in Critical Thinking
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 A Critical Perspective On Digitalization -- Chapter 1: Getting Lost in the Digital -- 1.1 Limited or Liberated by Ubiquitous Digital Technology? -- 1.2 It Could Be Otherwise (ICBO): The Foundation of Critical Thinking -- 1.3 Opening the Black Box -- 1.4 A Response to Political and Corporate Solutionism -- 1.5 Digitalization as a Topic for Science and Technology Studies (STS) -- 1.6 A Critical Sociotechnical Perspective -- 1.7 The Structure of This Book -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: What Is "Digitalization," Exactly? -- 2.1 Digitalization as a Technological Fix -- 2.2 Defining Digitalization -- 2.3 Defining Digitalization as a Political Act in Itself -- 2.4 A Digitalized World -- 2.5 Digitalization as a Sociotechnical Process -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part 2 Analytical Tools -- Chapter 3: A Sociotechnical Perspective on Digitalization -- 3.1 What Is a Sociotechnical Perspective on Digitalization? -- 3.2 What Do We Mean by "Technology"? -- 3.3 Technologies and Their Agency -- 3.4 Why Technological Determinism Is a Dead End -- 3.5 Technological Reductionism -- 3.6 How Social Determinism Is Equally Problematic -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Domestication: User Perspectives on Technology -- 4.1 A User Perspective on Technology -- 4.2 Domestication Theory -- 4.3 The Dimensional Model of Domestication -- 4.4 The History of Domestication -- 4.5 Strengths and Weaknesses of Domestication Theory -- 4.6 Re-domestication and Dis-domestication -- 4.7 What Non-Users Can Teach Us about the Use of Technology -- 4.8 Normativity and Use -- 4.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Script: Technology's Manuscript for Use -- 5.1 Script as Technology's Manual -- 5.2 The Historical and Theoretical Position of Script Theory.