Special Issue « Bridging Communication Studies and Science and Technology Studies/Au croisement des études en communication et en science, technologie, société (STS) »
Paré, D., Millerand, F., Heaton, L. (Eds.). (2014). Special Issue « Bridging Communication Studies and Science and Technology Studies/Au croisement des études en communication et en science, technologie, société (STS) ». Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(4).
In recent years, there has been a notable cross-fertilization of ideas from the fields of Communication Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Researchers from both domains are increasingly seeking to better understand intersections between communication and socio-technical infrastructures. For example, growing numbers of communication researchers have been employing conceptual tools and methods offered by STS to assist in understanding the socio-technical character and situatedness of media and information technologies and their configurations. Likewise, in organizational communication, STS concepts have brought attention to the ways in which artifacts influence organizational life.