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  • While it is generally accepted in Science and Technology Studies that technological artefacts have an impact on human practices, the question how this impact is achieved has been answered idiosyncratically for each case studied. This gap between abstract theoretical conceptualisations of non-human agency and largely descriptive accounts of many empirical instances to which they are applied is difficult to overcome unless the agency of artefacts can be compared. The aim of this paper is to propose and test a theoretically grounded framework that enables comparisons of agential qualities of technologies. In order to compare the ways in which technologies influence human behaviour, technology needs to be positioned in social theory. We do so by arguing that technology is one of three distinct modes of exercising influence, positioning technology in a general framework of kinds and modes of influence, and utilising Akrich's notion of scripts to capture the mediation of influence as a particular property of technology. From this, we derive a framework for comparing scripts in seven dimensions. We apply this framework to a test of conflicting hypotheses about consequences of the increasing sophistication of technology and to the exploration of the complexity underlying a typology of ‘persuasive technologies’. Our ‘proof of concept’ enables the conclusion that comparative studies of technologies enable unique contributions to Science and Technology Studies as well as related fields like studies on technoregulation. (xsd:string)
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  • Comparing scripts and scripting comparisons: toward a systematic analysis of technologically mediated influence (xsd:string)
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