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Taming Information Technology: Lessons from Studies of System Administrators is an ethnographic study of IT system administrators. Drawing on first-hand observations and interviews with "sysadmins" conducted between 2002 and 2006, the authors document the communication exchanges between sysadmin personnel as they troubleshoot problems in complex technology with the goal of making "sysadmins and their work better understood by bringing to life the challenges they face and the complex environments in which they work" (p. ⅹⅰ). A recurring theme in each chapter is that sysadmins work in an abstract, technologically challenging environment, and the study is an evaluation of the communication strategies undertaken by the sysadmins the authors observed. After forecasting the book's themes in Chapter 1 "Motivations and Methods," the authors use the same structure to develop each subsequent chapter: an introduction to the theme of the chapter, one or more field observations, and a discussion section where the authors assess the observations, draw conclusions, and make recommendations. The authors frame the study by providing direct quotations of dialog from sysadmins they observe, documenting the various communication tools used in the process from e-mail, cell phones, instant messaging, and direct conversation. Dialog is interspersed with paragraphs explaining technical jargon in the vernacular, and the authors include call-out boxes that provide background information about the technology in question.
机译:驯服信息技术:系统管理员研究的教训是对IT系统管理员的民族志研究。作者利用2002年至2006年间对“系统管理员”进行的第一手观察和访谈,记录了系统管理员人员在解决复杂技术中的问题时的交流,目的是通过使“系统管理员及其工作更生动”来实现他们面临的挑战以及他们所处的复杂环境”(第p页)。每章中反复出现的主题是系统管理员在抽象的,技术挑战性的环境中工作,而本研究是对作者所观察到的系统管理员所采取的沟通策略的评估。在第1章“动机和方法”中预测了本书的主题之后,作者使用相同的结构来编写后续各章:该章主题的介绍,一个或多个实地观察以及作者在其中进行评估的讨论部分。观察,得出结论并提出建议。作者通过提供所观察到的系统管理员的对话直接报价来构成研究的框架,并记录了电子邮件,手机,即时消息传递和直接对话过程中使用的各种通讯工具。 Dialog的段落中用白话解释了技术术语,作者包括了标注框,提供了有关技术的背景信息。

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