Editing Science and Technology Studies (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Actor-Network' (Identifying the human and non-human 'Actors' in a system):'''
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def analyze_network(activity):
    """
    Shows how 'Things' act alongside 'People'.
    """
    if activity == "Social Media Post":
        actors = ["User", "Algorithm", "Smartphone", "Data Center", "Advertiser"]
        agency = "The Algorithm determines who sees the post."
    elif activity == "Scientific Discovery":
        actors = ["Researcher", "Microscope", "Funding Agency", "Peer Reviewers"]
        agency = "The Microscope 'Translates' the bacteria into a Graph."
    else:
        actors = ["Generic"]
        
    return f"NETWORK: {actors} | KEY AGENCY: {agency}"

# Case: A scientist looking at a cell
print(analyze_network("Scientific Discovery"))
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; STS Landmarks
: '''The 'Cyborg Manifesto' (Donna Haraway)''' → The argument that we are all "Cyborgs" now because we are "Inseparably Linked" to our "Technology."
: '''The 'Sokal Affair' (1996)''' → A "Physics Professor" wrote a "Fake Paper" filled with "STS Jargon" and got it published in a top journal to "Prove" that STS was "Too focused on words" and not "Truth." (This started the 'Science Wars').
: '''User-Centered Design''' → How "Companies" (like Apple) use STS principles to "Design products" that "Fit" into human "Social Networks."
: '''Algorithmic Bias''' → Using STS to show that "AI" is not "Neutral"—it "Inherits" the "Biases" of its "Creators" and its "Training Data."
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