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Rahmen und Routinen der Techniknutzung: was kann man aus Experimenten über alltägliche Techniknutzung lernen?
Frames and routines of technology use: what we can learn from experiments about the use of technology in everyday life?
[working paper]
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Technische Universität Berlin, Fak. VI Planen, Bauen, Umwelt, Institut für Soziologie Fachgebiet Techniksoziologie
Abstract Experiments are characterized as highly reliable instruments in the development of technology,
while the validity and transferability of corresponding findings to everyday usage are insufficient
and rarely reflected. Starting from this shortcoming, this paper answers two questions
based on the qu... view more
Experiments are characterized as highly reliable instruments in the development of technology,
while the validity and transferability of corresponding findings to everyday usage are insufficient
and rarely reflected. Starting from this shortcoming, this paper answers two questions
based on the qualitative analysis of video data from a usability experiment. First, how
does the situation of the experiment influence the test person? Drawing on Goffman's frame
analysis, this paper examines how the frames of the experiment and the testing of the technology
modify the behavior in a different way for each test person. On the other hand, the laboratory
is not an isolated space, people bring their habits and routines with them. Based on this
argument, the second question is answered: what can be learned from experiments regarding
the everyday use of technology, despite the influence of the experiment framing? Applying
Giddens' concepts of actor and routine, habits of the use of technology are outlined that can be
expected to occur also in everyday life and are nearly not affected by the frame of the experiment
and the testing of the technology.... view less
Keywords
sociology of technology; user research; attempt; utilization; man-machine system; everyday life; engineering; experiment; technology assessment
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
Techniknutzungsgewohnheiten; Usability-Test; Video-Interaktions-Analyse
Document language
German
Publication Year
2014
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
39 p.
Series
TUTS - Working Papers, 2-2013
Status
Primary Publication; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works