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The role of computers in texturing micro-social environments

Department of Anthropology and Sociology University of Queensland

Building upon recent work in philosophy of technology which argues that technology has,neither a neutral nor a determining but a 'texturing' effect upon society, this paper presents the world-view embodied in computers as an analytic device for exploring the ways in which computers texture the use environment. It interprets previously identified effects of computers upon human psychology and cognition, upon the physical use of computers and upon interpersonal settings (the 'micro-social') in the light of the embodied world view, thereby illustrating the efficacy of the concept. These invest igations provide a basis for theorising the broader social effects of computing.

Journal of Sociology, Vol. 31, No. 1, 49-63 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/144078339503100104


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