The development of renewable energy technologies is a widely acknowledged strategy to address climate change. However, for a successful implementation of technology, socialization, i.e. embedding the technology into society, ...

Summary of the thesis: The thesis is an empirical study of the use of digital games in Norwegian schools, from a science and technology (STS) point of view. The topic is examined at three different arenas: news media, ...

Local governments' websites are important gateways for residents wishing to interact with public institutions online, and the establishment and development of such websites stand out among governmental initiatives to improve ...

In this paper, we analyse processes of domestication as collective enactments, using online game playing of World of Warcraft as a case. We study how groups of players – guilds – develop practices and sense-making with ...

This paper revisits some technologies that, in the 1970s, were considered as ‘low-tech’ alternatives to mainstream versions, but more recently have been developed using high-tech elements. This change from alternative to ...

Summary of the thesis: Where work is often perceived as productive and boring, play is considered frivolous and fun. However, such a division omits how work can be playful, and more importantly to this dissertation; ...