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  • 2 - The Social Construction of Technology

  • Jeffrey A. Hall, University of Kansas
  • Book:
    Relating Through Technology
    Published online:
    26 June 2020
    Print publication:
    16 July 2020, pp 31-47

  • Summary

    This chapter examines the social construction of technology (SCOT) perspective. This perspective examines how people shape technology use toward their own ends, and why deterministic models of media use fail to account for how people actually use technology. This chapter contrasts a relational approach from competing perspectives, especially technology-centered ones. Technological determinism and media domestication are examined. The SCOT perspective is brought into dialogue with constructivist theories of personal relationships and with dialectical and ironic perspectives on media’s influence on relationships. Three social factors influencing the use of technology are explored: norms of technology use, using technology to access important others, and make-do or seemfulness.

Relating Through Technology
  • Jeffrey A. Hall
  • Published online:
    26 June 2020
    Print publication:
    16 July 2020
  • This book answers one of the most critical questions of our time, does the vast connectivity afforded by mobile and social media lead to more personal connection with one another? It offers an evidence-based account of the role of technology in close relationships that confronts such pressing questions as where face-to-face communication belongs in this digital age, whether social media is harmful to our well-being, and how online communication spills-over into our offline communication and relationships. Each chapter explores the positive and negative influences of media on relationships, coalescing into a balanced assessment of how technological advancement has altered our connections with each other. By zeroing in on communication with the most important people in our lives and tracing the changes in computer-mediated communication over time, Relating Through Technology focuses the conversation about media on its use in our everyday lives and relationships.