Firstly technologies need to be thought of as not just physical tools and objects but as means of producing content and contexts of use.
Technologies become cultural technologies when users use technologies for a personal purpose extending the function of the technology for their own use.
It becomes cultural technologies by the way users use the technology and for what purpose, using technologies for a purpose that is relevant to their lives.
Most people use technology to interact with other users creating a cultural community allowing technology to become cultural technologies.
Terry Flew talks about this in more detail in his book New Media an introduction, particulary in chapter two New Media as Cultural Technologies.
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