The Social Shaping of Technology: Lessons for Eco-Innovators

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Bob Brown¹  David Mercer¹ 

[1] David Mercer

关键词: Science and Technology Studies;    climate change;   

DOI  :  10.3127/ajis.v16i2.593

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: University of Canberra * Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering

【 摘 要 】

A range of innovative technologies and applications offer exciting opportunities to address environmental issues. This is particularly relevant to computers and Information Technology (IT) more generally where new computational techniques and approaches to supporting business decision making have the potential to not only redress the carbon cost of that particular industry, but offer carbon savings to the broader community. In the following discussion paper we provide a overview of ways that insights from the interdisciplinary field of STS (Science and Technology Studies or Science Technology and Society) might assist eco-innovators in the IT sector. We identify four interlocking themes emerging from STS scholarship, drawing in particular on studies that have examined the links between technological change, environmental issues and IT that are of relevance. These are discussed and interpreted in the light of the theme of the paper

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