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1. Technologies form, or are constructed, using a set process of steps according to Wiebe E. Bijker "Of Bicycles, Bakelights and bulbs toward a theory of socialtechnical change" - in which Flexibility decreases. Explain/layout these steps in an approximate order by asking questions about a technology. The discussion of social construction in Bijker lists five components or steps, you need to mention at least three in different questions you would ask about the origin and meaning of a technology of your selection that exists in the world today? Explain why those questions relate to that step or element of the decrease in flexibility.

2. Framing theory, that we can affect the way that one sees/hears meaning, to shape the interpretations available, such as discussed in Nelkin's "Tech in the Media" , can be applied to almost any media document. A) select or make up a "text" or document, such as a TV show, Book, Advertisement, or song, and B) Give examples and/or explain how multiple possible meanings could be present to different viewers/listeners at the same time, and C) how the author/creator could "Frame" or shape the meaning the audience will end up with.