D. MacKenzie’s scientific contributions

... Tecnologia e social, portanto, não são simplesmente entendidas como esferas separadas que se influenciam, ambas são mutuamente constitutivas (MacKenzie e Wajcman, 1999). Assim, uma abordagem sociológica dos usos sociais das tecnologias precisa considerar não apenas os modos e contextos de uso, mas também os ambientes estruturais, regulados por protocolos e materializados na interface, que criam e modulam as condições de utilização. ...

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Sociologia Digital: apontamentos teórico-metodológicos para uma analítica das mídias digitais

... In the relationship between society and culture, critical technology research also considers the dominant communication technology of a given era to be decisive, but with a different explanation than technological determinism. While the latter explained the change from the point of view of technology, SST, speaking from the point of view of the community adapting the technology, states that the community will determine the direction and extent of technological innovation (MacKenzie and Wajcman 1999). Also, he emphasizes the interaction between the two: "Critical technology research, opposing determinism and tool-and cult-centred traditions, emphasizes the cultural determination of technology and the examination of the functioning of culture and technology as a system. ...

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Gender differences in the use of Artificial Intelligence by journalists in Hungary