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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 80 avhandlingar innehållade orden social shaping of technology.

1. 1. It-retorik og hverdagsliv : Et studie af fødevarehandel over Internet

   Författare :Kristine Thorsted; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; social shaping of technology; consumer behaviour; family; feeding work; consumer skills; domestication of technology; gender; Internet grocery shopping; everyday life; Sociology; Samhällsvetenskaper; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : From a social constructivist point of view this thesis investigates how e-commerce of grocery develops in the period 1998-2003. The empirical research is done in Sweden. Most Swedish grocery concerns that have had e-commerce and have been forced to shut down as a result of lack of demand. LÄS MER

3. 2. Constructing Transit Corridors : The Politics of Public Transport Policy and Planning in Malmöhus and Skåne 1970-2020

   Författare :Jens Portinson Hylander; Robert Hrelja; Jamil Khan; Fredrik Pettersson-Löfstedt; Jane Summerton; Jonathan Metzger; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public transport; Rationality; power and politics; Planning theory; policy studies;

   Sammanfattning : Planning local and regional public transport in so-called ’transit corridors’ – i.e., to concentrate infrastructure and resources to few, but more attractive corridors in a city or a region – is commonplace in contemporary public transport planning. This has not always been the case, however. LÄS MER

4. 3. District heating comes to town : The social shaping of an energy system

   Författare :Jane Summerton; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; district heating; municipal technology; energy system; pipeline; large t<:chnical system; actor network; multiorganization; grid; grid-based energy system; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the introduction of district heating in an "ordinary" Swedish town: Mjölby. The process was initiated in 1974 and the decision to build was taken in 1979. In the following years pipelines were laid down and the system was gradually built. In 1987, a permanent heat plant was ready to assume operation. LÄS MER

5. 4. Inducing large-scale diffusion of innovation : An integrated actor- and system-level approach

   Författare :Ingrid Mignon; Anna Bergek; Johanna Nählinder; Volker Hoffmann; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation; large-scale diffusion; adopters; actor; system; drivers; challenges; motives; strategies; policies; renewable electricity; technology; intermediaries;

   Sammanfattning : In order for the innovation process to be successful, not only do innovations need to be developed and reached the market, but, once they are available for users, they have to spread on a large scale. In the innovation literature, a complete explanation is lacking of why some innovations reach a phase of large-scale diffusion faster than others, including both actor- and system-level components. LÄS MER

7. 5. Det datoriserade biblioteket : Maskindrömmar på 70-talet

   Författare :Lena Olsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Library information systems; Information Technology and Libraries; professionalization; the social shaping of technology; Swedish research libraries; documentalists; LIBRIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : During the 1950s and 60s research libraries faced the problem of coping with the escalating growth of scientific publishing. During the same periodadministrative innovations were introduced in order to modernize institutions such as libraries. LÄS MER