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A Review of the Social Construction of Technology Approach: Do Society Constructs Technology? [PDF]

سیاست نامه علم و فناوری, 2019
However “The Social Construction of Technology (SCOT)” is the title of an approach in the domain of Science and Technology Studies (STS), it has an important effect on the philosophy of technology. This approach that insists on the role of society in the
Mohamad Amin Shafikhani , Mostafa Taqavi
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The impact of family interview on the relationship between medical students and their silent mentor

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The gross anatomy laboratory course often triggers significant negative emotions in medical students during dissection. While various pedagogical interventions aim to alleviate psychological burden, the fundamental question of how students' perceptions of donors evolve throughout the course remains underexplored.
Po‐Fang Tsai, Mei‐Fang Tseng, Ruei‐Jen Chiou   +2 more
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Medical students' perspectives on body donation to science within the Italian context

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Body donation is essential for medical education and research, supporting anatomical training and clinical competence. In Italy, national data on awareness of the legislation regulating body donation and factors shaping donation‐related decisions among healthcare trainees remain limited. This study investigated knowledge of the legal framework,
Antonietta Fazio, Giulio Vara, Veronica Moretti, Annalisa Plava, Anna Maria Billi, Alessandra Ruggeri, Giulia Adalgisa Mariani, Marilisa Quaranta, Simone Lodi, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Maria Alessandra Sotgiu, Valentina Di Felice, Sergio Castorina, Guido Carpino, Veronica Macchi, Rita Rezzani, Mario Rende, Andrea Montella, Lucio Cocco, Lucia Manzoli, Stefano Ratti   +20 more
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Social Informatics in Slovenia: Between Traditional Understanding and Unrealised Opportunities [PDF]

Družboslovne Razprave
Social Informatics was established in 1984 as the first academic programme in the world with this title. Parallel to this, Social Informatics as a specific scientific activity at the intersection of sociology, computer science, and social science ...
Gregor Petrič
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Consideration of Digital Divide in Societies of Globalised Control (Extension of Social Contract)

Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2019
If social cybernetics is clarified as an ‘emergent property’ for the multifaceted established of interior associations in the midst of technology, policy and management foundations of wide-ranging resolution computing, we should askare[MOK1]there any ...
Hüseyin Tolu
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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Navigating the finance, technology, and society nexus: A conversation with Alex Preda

Finance and Society
The expanding application of financial technologies, as well as growing participation of consumer investors, has multiplied the forms and functions of finance, deepening its entanglement with social, political, and cultural processes.
Alex Preda, Jing Wang
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Beyond a number game: Flat team structures improve inclusion and performance in diverse scientific teams

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The promises and perils about scientific team diversity are still debated in the scholarly literature, partly because the importance of underrepresented groups is not fully recognized or valued. In this paper, we summarize two perspectives on team diversity in science: horizontal differences and vertical disparity. Horizontal differences refer
Huimin Xu, Shujing Sun, Meijun Liu, Chenwei Zhang, Yi Bu, Yi Zhang, Daniel E. Acuna, Eric Meyer, Ying Ding   +8 more
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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
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