Design-Use Relationships in Sociotechnical Change

Abstract

This special issue of Human Technology, hopes to foster multidisciplinary discussion that refines our understanding of how technology is shaped in the different phases of its existence. Some of the topics discussed in this issue are: design-use relationships of the on-line chat and game environment at Habbo Hotel; a particular and interesting form of user involvement in design--one in which the designers employed by the company are also long-term and enthusiastic users of the products; the effectiveness of a set of interventions aimed at enhancing user involvement in small entrepreneurial companies; the roles of customers, users, and technology providers in the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into healthcare services; the complexities in how DVD technology is viewed and applied by indigenous Australians; and what technology use is seen to consist of in the light of ethnographies of work and consumption. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)