The construction of technology

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Marquez University of Colina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1998.9.3010

Keywords:

Communication, Technology, Latin America

Abstract

Technology is a social fact. Such an assertion, which is evident, however, is not sufficiently dismantled and exhibited by current studies on technologies - especially information technologies - in Latin America, which confirms that these studies are still in an exploratory stage and more or less Speculative.

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Author Biography

Maria Teresa Marquez, University of Colina

Sociologist and anthropologist.

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Published

2008-04-10

How to Cite

Marquez, M. T. (2008). The construction of technology. Revista FAMECOS, 5(9), 50–62. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1998.9.3010

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