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<\/a><\/span> introduces the main theoretical debates concerning the nature of technology. In particular, he contrasts a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153realist\u00e2\u20ac\u009d approach to technology with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153social constructivism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\nIn this response (minimum 250 words), please address the following questions:<\/p>\n
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- What is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153contextual realism,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Brey. How does the example of Long Island bridges illustrate this concept?<\/li>\n
- What is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153social constructivism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? How does the example of the Victorian hallway bench illustrate the social construction of an object\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s meaning?<\/li>\n
- Can you apply these concepts to your smartphone? Which features and\/or uses of your phone are determined by your phone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s physical design (realist)? Which features and\/uses of your phone are determined (social constructed) by users like you?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Philip Brey introduces the main theoretical debates concerning the nature of technology. In particular, he contrasts a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153realist\u00e2\u20ac\u009d approach to technology with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153social constructivism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In this response (minimum 250 words), please address the following questions: What is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153contextual realism,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Brey. How does the example of Long Island bridges illustrate this concept? What is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}