Normalization process theory (NPT) is a sociological theory, generally used in the fields of science and technology studies (STS), implementation research...
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Normalization refers to social processes through which ideas and actions come to be seen as 'normal' and become taken-for-granted or 'natural' in everyday...
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integration. This model helped build the normalization process theory. The normalization process model is a theory that explains how new technologies are...
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shaping of technology, social network theory, normalization process theory, and diffusion of innovations theory are held to be important alternatives...
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Look up normalization, normalisation, or normalisâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Normalization or normalisation refers to a process that makes...
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Science (redirect from Basic theories of science)
success of a scientific theory is whether what it says about observable entities is true. Thomas Kuhn argued that the process of observation and evaluation...
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construction of technology Actor-network theory Normalization process theory Theories of technology The general theory of crime refers to the proposition by...
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Theories of technological change and innovation attempt to explain the factors that shape technological innovation as well as the impact of technology...
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Roger Laurence, in the field of clinical pharmacology, described a similar process in drug development in the seventies.[citation needed] There have been...
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scientist" Swedish definition: "Intention[al] distortion of the research process by fabrication of data, text, hypothesis, or methods from another researcher's...
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Schiffer, M. B. (2013). "Discovery Processes: Trial Models". The Archaeology of Science. Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique. Vol. 9. Heidelberg:...
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Scientific method (redirect from Scientific process)
existing theory, literature sources, and technology. Traditionally 5, after Dewey's 1910 idea of a "complete act of thought". He held that thought-process best...
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Paradigm shift (redirect from Open system (system theory))
rendered incompatible with new phenomena, facilitating the adoption of a new theory or paradigm. As one commentator summarizes: Kuhn acknowledges having used...
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trust in. This process is captured by the empirically grounded construct of "Relational Integration" within Normalization Process Theory. This can be traced...
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Innovation (redirect from Innovation process)
invention. Technical innovation often manifests itself via the engineering process when the problem being solved is of a technical or scientific nature. The...
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responsibilities. Technocracy follows largely in the tradition of other meritocratic theories and works best when the state exerts strong control over social and economic...
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machine‐learning approach to coding book reviews as quality indicators: Toward a theory of megacitation. Journal of the Association for Information Science and...
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Technological change (redirect from Technological change as a social process)
technological development is the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. In essence, technological change covers...
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Innovation diffusion disruptive linear model system user Leapfrogging Normalization process theory Media studies Reverse salient Skunkworks project Sociotechnical...
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in neonatal pediatric transport Nocturnal penile tumescence Normalization process theory National pipe thread, US standards Nissan NPT-90, a racing car...
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Internet, and the widespread digitalization of communication and industrial processes. A book by Jeremy Rifkin titled The Third Industrial Revolution, published...
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uptake in education. In medical sociology, Carl May has proposed normalization process theory that shows how technologies become embedded and integrated in...
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Pseudoscience (redirect from Crackpot theory)
of this ideological process are creation science and intelligent design, which were developed in response to the scientific theory of evolution. A topic...
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Philosophy of science (redirect from Science theory)
to the end. If it is unclear what counts as science, how the process of confirming theories works, and what the purpose of science is, there is considerable...
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Diffusion of innovations (redirect from Policy diffusion processes)
Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett...
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Scientometrics (redirect from Process of scientific growth)
leading journals of science and technology, because of a rigorous selection process. An acknowledgment index (British acknowledgement index) is a method for...
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Historical materialism Innovation system Metascience Mode 2 Normalization process theory Public awareness of science Science studies Science of team science...
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The term fuzzy logic was introduced with the 1965 proposal of fuzzy set theory by mathematician Lotfi Zadeh. Fuzzy logic had, however, been studied since...
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customization. New measurement technology tailored for digital manufacturing processes. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) initiated "Society 5.0 for...
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Neo-Luddism (category Social theories)
advocating return to a previous societal state New World Order – Conspiracy theory regarding a totalitarian world government Brave New World – 1932 dystopian...
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