Technological Frames: Wiebe Bijker

Concept that attempts to relate individual activity to the structure of "relevant groups"

  1. Goals
  2. Key Problems
  3. Problem-solving strategies
  4. Requirements to be met by problem solutions
  5. Current theories
  6. Tacit knowledge
  7. Testing procedures
  8. Design methods
  9. User's practice
  10. Perceived substitution function
  11. Exemplary artifacts
  1. Technological frames are not purely cognitive, but social and physical as well.
  2. Technological frames apply to all relevant groups, not just engineers ("frame with respect to technology").