Values and Configuration of Users in the Design of Software Source Code.

Based on an empirical study of two free and open source software projects, this article focuses on how choices of design within software source code are articulated with values and may favor certain categories of actors over others. After introducing the aim and approach of the study and presenting...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Communication (19328036) Vol. 11; pp. 1112 - 1133
Autor principal: COUTURE, STÉPHANE
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Southern California, USC Annenberg Press 2017
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