Installing (Social) Order

Installing (Social) Order is a blog on the sociology of infrastructure, exploring the sociotechnical nerves of contemporary society.

institutionalization of forms/structures

Posted on 31 August 2011 by Nicholas

This is somewhat humorous, but there is a good point here for STS and new institutionalism about the stabilization of forms and structures, in this case, the structure of informational news stories/shows — also termed “visual language”.

*NOTE: Modest swearing.*

Here is the link.

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Nicholas Rowland on 3 September 2011 at 14:20 said:

This morning I was watching the news and this format was used in every story … oh, stabilization..THAT would be a hell of a research project; unearthing the basis for this stabilized form…

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