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certainty trough: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

a pattern in which perceived uncertainty about a technology is lowest among committed users and highest among both its producers and its opponents.

In science and technology studies, certainty trough refers to a pattern in which perceived uncertainty about a technology is lowest among committed users and highest among both its producers and its opponents. This meaning comes from MacKenzie (1990) in Inventing Accuracy.[1]

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accuracy3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs pattern4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs trough2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

MacKenzie, D. (1990). Inventing Accuracy. The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262631471

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