The social study of information and communication technology : innovation, actors and contexts edited by Chrisanthi Avgerou, Claudio Ciborra, and Frank Land.

The social study of information and communication technology : innovation, actors and contexts

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Land, Frank( 1928-), Avgerou, Chrisanthi, Ciborra, Claudio
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Information technology -- > Social aspects
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy051/2004301772.html
Table of Contents:
  • 1-Foundations: 1. Encountering information systems as a phenomenon
  • 2. Solution is the problem: a story of transitions and opportunities
  • 3. On using ANT for studying information systems: a (somewhat)
  • 4. Towards sociology of information technology
  • 2-Theories at work: 5. Knowledge as infrastructure
  • 6. An ecology of distributed knowledge work
  • 7. Actor network theory and cultural aspects of interpretative studies
  • 8. Farewell to constructivism: technology and context-embedded action
  • 9. Framing IS studies: understanding the social context of IS innovation
  • 3-Subtantive issues and applications: 10. Bridging the digital divide: new route to development or new form dependency?
  • 11. Re-constructing information systems evaluation
  • 12. Reflections on information systems strategizing
  • 13. Socially self-destructing systems

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