“…Previous maritime studies have investigated maritime navigation and communication (Hutchins, 1990(Hutchins, , 1991(Hutchins, , 1995Strevens and Johnson 1983;Strevens 1984;Weeks et al, 1988;MARCOM Project, 1999;Bøgh Andersen, 2000;Pritchard and Kalogjera 2000;Pritchard, 2003;Johnson, 2002;Bailey et al, 2006;Froholdt, 2008Froholdt, , 2009Froholdt, , 2010Froholdt, , 2011bWeeks, 1992) and ship and land-based 471 C 2015 The Author. The Sociological Review C 2015 The Editorial Board of The Sociological Review radio interaction (MARCOM Project, 1999;Bruno and Lutzhoft, 2010;Froholdt, 2008Froholdt, , 2010Froholdt, , 2011aFroholdt, , 2011b. In order to understand interaction between users in a technologically saturated setting such as the bridge of a ship, Bøgh Andersen (2000) has investigated bridge-communication.…”