Title
Steps Toward a Socio-Technical Categorization Scheme for Communication and Information Standards
Document Type
Article
Date
1-1-2012
Embargo Period
2012
Keywords
information and library science
Disciplines
Information and Library Science | Organizational Communication | Other Social and Behavioral Sciences | Science and Technology Studies | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology of Culture
Description/Abstract
Socio-technical systems continue to grow larger and more complex, comprising increasingly significant portions of contemporary society. Yet systematic understanding of interrelationships between social and technological elements remains elusive, even as computers and information systems proliferate. In this paper, we draw on ethnomethodology to distinguish several different kinds of processes through which communication and information are constituted. We discuss the distinctive properties of each in an effort to develop systematic understanding of basic elements of socio-technical systems. In particular, we offer a basic categorization of communication and information standards, noting the constitutive importance of their accompanying social practices. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Brooks, JoAnn and Rawls, Anne W., "Steps Toward a Socio-Technical Categorization Scheme for Communication and Information Standards" (2012). iSchool Faculty Scholarship. Paper 85.
http://surface.syr.edu/istpub/85
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