And when we say we need a new field of “Society–Technology Interaction”, it feels like we are ignoring the foundational work done over the last century across many disciplines in grappling with the deep and complex problem of how technology and societies interact.
Sociology, psychology, social psychology, political science, economics, HCI, CSCW, information science, history, science and technology studies, communication, media.. Hey, I coined “technosociology” about a decade ago—to explain what I do better. Didn’t claim I invented a field.
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Right--there are tons of fields to draw from, not contesting that at all. None has an answer to the question: how should we design an online social network? Interactions, architecture, visuals, mechanics. This is a new field of research at the intersection of a multitude.
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