Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently
This thesis investigates the relationship between people and networked technology in order to understand the nature of this relationship and why it affects individuals differently. The research found that digital engagement is best understood as a Second Order Cybernetic system, and that engagement...
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Curtin University
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54161 |
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| author | Spencer-Scarr, Diane Cheryl |
| author_facet | Spencer-Scarr, Diane Cheryl |
| author_sort | Spencer-Scarr, Diane Cheryl |
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| description | This thesis investigates the relationship between people and networked technology in order to understand the nature of this relationship and why it affects individuals differently. The research found that digital engagement is best understood as a Second Order Cybernetic system, and that engagement is directly influenced by the individuals’ level of system-‐awareness, which enables them to govern/manage their unique set of cybernetic feedback processes, both internal and external, in conjunction with their personal motivation. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Curtin University |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-541612022-05-13T01:40:15Z Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently Spencer-Scarr, Diane Cheryl This thesis investigates the relationship between people and networked technology in order to understand the nature of this relationship and why it affects individuals differently. The research found that digital engagement is best understood as a Second Order Cybernetic system, and that engagement is directly influenced by the individuals’ level of system-‐awareness, which enables them to govern/manage their unique set of cybernetic feedback processes, both internal and external, in conjunction with their personal motivation. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54161 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Spencer-Scarr, Diane Cheryl Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title | Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title_full | Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title_fullStr | Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title_short | Digital engagement: An investigation of how Information and Communication Technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| title_sort | digital engagement: an investigation of how information and communication technology professionals engage with technology and why digital engagement affects them differently |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54161 |