dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Lente, H. van | |
dc.contributor.author | Gzik, B.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-15T17:01:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-15 | |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-15T17:01:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/7125 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aims to investigate the co-evolution of technology and needs. It takes a look at, firstly, how some technology becomes indispensable; and secondly, when this occurs. In order to accomplish this, the study builds a framework from the concepts of the diffusion of innovation, social construction of technology and the sociology of expectations; the framework is linked to various indicators which are then analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Finally, the cases are subject to a further qualitative comparison. The study reveals that, amongst other things, indispensability in general appears to be a complex interaction between meanings in social groups, the value respectively attributed to these as well as the degree to which the artefact is routinised. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Indispensable Technologies: Mapping the co-evolution of needs and novelty in the digital revolution | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | expectations , SCOT , discourse , routines , indispensability , internet , mobile phones , personal computers | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Science and Innovation Management | |