People, Technology, and Social Organization by Dirk vom Lehn,... - 9781032234670

People, Technology, and Social OrganizationInteractionist Studies of Everyday Life\nAuthor(s): Dirk vom Lehn, Will Gibson, Natalia Ruiz-Junco\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032234670, 978-1032234670\nSynopsis\nThis insightful and accessible book is a response to the increasing important role that technology plays in everyday life, and the urgent need for empirical studies that analyse the impact of technology on social practices.\n\nThe chapters in this co-edited collection reveal how technology is oriented to and embedded within the social organization of action in a wide range of settings and institutions, including education, markets, arts and culture, health and social care, media, politics, and science. In their analyses, the contributing authors adopt interactionist perspectives to explore how the meanings of technology emerge and are negotiated within and through action and interaction. The volume compr.