The boundary line drawn between Media Studies and STS has often overlapped with the alleged opposition between discourse and materiality. Recovering the concepts of “delegation” and “script” introduced by Actor-Network Theory and semiotics, this paper proposes a methodological approach to deal with information and communication technologies (ICT) that does not assume an a priori distinction between material and discursive objects. By so doing, it is nonetheless able to account for apparently different phenomena that entail similar governance and organizational outputs.
Beyond the materiality vs. discourse dichotomy. Recovering “enunciation” and “delegation” to account for governance of and through information infrastructures / Annalisa Pelizza, Alvise Mattozzi. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015), pp. 0-0. (Intervento presentato al convegno Roads less travelled. Exploring new connections between Media Research and STS tenutosi a University of Siegen (DE) nel 5th & 6th February 2015).
Beyond the materiality vs. discourse dichotomy. Recovering “enunciation” and “delegation” to account for governance of and through information infrastructures
Annalisa Pelizza;MATTOZZI, ALVISE
2015
Abstract
The boundary line drawn between Media Studies and STS has often overlapped with the alleged opposition between discourse and materiality. Recovering the concepts of “delegation” and “script” introduced by Actor-Network Theory and semiotics, this paper proposes a methodological approach to deal with information and communication technologies (ICT) that does not assume an a priori distinction between material and discursive objects. By so doing, it is nonetheless able to account for apparently different phenomena that entail similar governance and organizational outputs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.