Department of Science and Technology Studies
Science, technology and innovation shape life in modern societies in countless ways. Some of these are perceived as positive, others are deeply controversial. In turn, policy, corporations, the media and other societal actors influence how knowledge and technologies are produced. Science and technology studies analyzes these interactions, and aims to foster critical and reflexive debates on the relations of science, technology and society.
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Mager A. Mediated Health: Socio-technical practices of providing and using online health information. New Media & Society. 2009;11(7):1123-1142.
Mayer K. On the Sociometry of Search Engines: A Historical Review of Methods. In Becker K, Stadler F, editors, Deep Search: The Politics of Search Beyond Google. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag. 2009. p. 54-72 doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.199100
Felt U, Bister M, Strassnig M, Wagner U. Refusing the information paradigm: informed consent, medical research, and patient participation: informed consent, medical research, and patient participation. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. 2009;13(1):87-106.
Allgaier J. Scientific Experts and the Controversy About Teaching Creation/Evolution in the UK Press. Science & Education. 2009;19(6-8):797-819.
Felt U, Gugglberger L, Mager A. Shaping the future E-Patient: The Citizen-Patient in Public Discourse on E-Health: The multiple patient in public discourses on e-health. Science Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for science and technology studies. 2009;22.2009(1):24-43.