Technological determinism and the social shaping of technology (SST) are two contrasting perspectives that try to explain the nature of technology, its implementation and the direction of change. The latter grew as a critique of the former (Edge, 1988; Williams and Edge, 1996). SST is not a single perspective. Williams and Edge (1996, p. 866) indicate that “the domain of SST [is] a ‘broad church’” with different strands. This paper will not get into details about these various strands but will treat the ‘broad church’ as one domain.