{"product_id":"distributed-agency-digital-technology-von-werner-rammert","title":"Distributed Agency \u0026 Digital Technology","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        Understanding the specific active role of computer and artificial intelligence technologies in the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003edigital transformation of society\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         is among the most crucial issues in social sciences and computing today. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003eIn “Distributed Agency \u0026amp; Digital Technology”, Werner Rammert introduces a post-ANT sociological research program presenting a fresh perspective on “where the action is” in sociotechnical constellations and “how autonomy and control are distributed and attributed across diverse agencies”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        Reviewing critical technological changes and foundational insights of social theorizing and STS research over the last three decades, the author develops a non-dualist and performative view on the constitution of society through \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003einteractions between the human, material, and digital sides\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        . He also provides an up-dated \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003epragmatic theory of technology\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         that combines a processual concept of technization and a relational one of hybrid media constellations. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        These concepts contribute fundamentally to \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003ediscourses\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         on human agency, pragmatic interaction, socio-materiality, and material semiotics as well as to \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003edesigns\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         of software and embodied (robotic) agents, interactivity at interfaces, and intra-actions in distributed systems. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003eMultidisciplinary case studies on the design, development and uses of computers and artificial intelligence in various fields (human-computer-interaction, air traffic control, autonomous car driving, video-surveillance, expert and multi-agent-systems) demonstrate the value of this social pragmatist approach to problem-based theorizing and concept-probing inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783658487867\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Social Pragmatist View on Human-Technology Interaction\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783658487867","offer_id":55688285552965,"sku":"9783658487867","price":96.29,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/32946c3c-bfd0-442d-b5d2-8d0a713ad0a6.jpg?v=1781845906","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/distributed-agency-digital-technology-von-werner-rammert","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}