On approaches to the study of social issues in computing
The work
| Authors | Abbe Mowshowitz |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1981 |
| Citekey | mowshowitz1981approaches |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Communications of the ACM |
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| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 146--155 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1145/358568.358592 |
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| OpenAlex | W2069511790 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1145/358568.358592 |
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Abstract
This paper identifies and analyzes technical and nontechnical biases in research on social issues in computing. Five positions— technicism, progressive individualism, elitism, pluralism, and radical criticism —which reflect major streams of contemporary social thought are examined. The analysis of positions documents the close relationship between research and policy formation and reveals the misleading and dangerous character of the presumption of scholarly objectivity in research on social issues.
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Cite it as
@article{mowshowitz1981approaches,
title = {On approaches to the study of social issues in computing},
author = {Abbe Mowshowitz},
year = {1981},
journal = {Communications of the ACM},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
volume = {24},
number = {3},
pages = {146--155},
doi = {10.1145/358568.358592},
}
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