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rhetorical closure: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

a mechanism that ends a technological controversy by convincing relevant groups that the problem has been solved, whether or not the design changes.

In science and technology studies, rhetorical closure refers to a mechanism that ends a technological controversy by convincing relevant groups that the problem has been solved, whether or not the design changes. This meaning comes from Pinch (1984) in Social Studies of Science.[1]

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References

Pinch, T. J., & Bijker, W. E. (1984). The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other. Social Studies of Science, 14(3), 399-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631284014003004

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