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Trust in Technology: A Socio-Technical Perspective

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  1. Departments of Computing, University of Lancaster, UK

    Dave Martin

  2. Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, Division of Informat, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Alexander Voβ

  3. Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, Division of Informat, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Corin Gurr

  4. Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, Division of Informat, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Rob Procter

  5. Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, Division of Informat, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Roger Slack

  6. Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, Division of Informat, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Mark Hartswood

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    Karen Clarke

  2. Research Centre for Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Gillian Hardstone

  3. Department of Computing, Lancaster University, UK

    Mark Rouncefield

  4. Department of Computing, Lancaster University, UK

    Ian Sommerville

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Martin, D., Voβ, A., Gurr, C., Procter, R., Slack, R., Hartswood, M. (2006). Explicating Failure. In: Clarke, K., Hardstone, G., Rouncefield, M., Sommerville, I. (eds) Trust in Technology: A Socio-Technical Perspective. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4258-2_6

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