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seamless web: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

the view that technology, science, economics and politics form one interwoven system, so that separating technical from social causes distorts analysis.

In science and technology studies, seamless web refers to the view that technology, science, economics and politics form one interwoven system, so that separating technical from social causes distorts analysis. This meaning comes from Hughes (1986) in Social Studies of Science.[1]

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  1. Hughes, T. P. (1986). The Seamless Web: Technology, Science, Etcetera, Etcetera. Social Studies of Science, 16(2), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312786016002004

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