Theories of culture and structure: Langdon winner uses the conventional theories of agency, action, structure and culture to fill the gaps emerged out of the negligence from social constructivism. The agency of technology, as a highly debated topic, is clarified through the deep understanding of western epistemological ideas of subordination and control. Rather than opening the black box, winner tries to situate the politically loaded technology in the historical and cultural context.
Theories of power: According to Winner, the Foucauldian perception of power should be used to understand the manifestation of it in the relationship between humans and technology. Winner deconstructs the idea of ' technological determinism and conceptualising it as technological somnambulism is emerging from his account on agency and power.
