Adapting the Structurationist View of Technology for Studies at the Community/Societal Levels

2010 ◽  
pp. 18-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlei Pozzebon ◽  
Eduardo Diniz ◽  
Martin Jayo
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Social Shaping Of Technology ◽  
Is Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Social Shaping

The multilevel framework proposed in this chapter is particularly useful for research involving complex and multilevel interactions (i.e., interactions involving individuals, groups, organizations and networks at the community, regional or societal levels). The framework is influenced by three theoretical perspectives. The core foundation comes from the structurationist view of technology, a stream of research characterized by the application of structuration theory to information systems (IS) research and notably influenced by researchers like Orlikowski (2000) and Walsham (2002). In order to extend the framework to encompass research at the community/societal levels, concepts from social shaping of technology and from contextualism have been integrated. Beyond sharing a number of ontological and epistemological assumptions, these three streams of thinking have been combined because each of them offers particular concepts that are of great value for the kind of studies the authors wish to put forward: investigating the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) from a structurationist standpoint at levels that go beyond the organizational one.

scholarly journals USE AND CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATORY GIS IN A MEXICAN MUNICIPALITY: APPLYING A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARLEI POZZEBON ◽  
SONIA TELLO ROZAS ◽  
NATALIA AGUILAR DELGADO
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Participatory Gis ◽  
Social Shaping Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Social Shaping

This paper seeks to understand the use and the consequences of Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) in a Mexican local community. A multilevel framework was applied, mainly influenced by two theoretical lenses – structurationist view and social shaping of technology – structured in three dimensions – context, process and content – according to contextualist logic. The results of our study have brought two main contributions. The first is the refinement of the theoretical framework in order to better investigate the implementation and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) artifacts by local communities for social and environmental purposes. The second contribution is the extension of existing IS (Information Systems) literature on participatory practices through identification of important conditions for helping the mobilization of ICT as a tool for empowering local communities.

Transaction Costs and Information Systems: Does IT Add Up?

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Cordelia
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Transaction Cost Theory ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Information And Communication

Transaction cost theory has often been used to support the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to reduce imperfection in the economic system. Electronic markets and hierarchies have repeatedly been described as solutions to inefficiencies in the organisation of transactions in complex and uncertain settings. Far from criticising this assumption, this paper highlights the limits associated with this application of transaction cost theory that has been prevalent in IS research. Building on the concepts first proposed by Ciborra, the paper argues that information-related problems represent only some of the elements contributing to transaction costs. These costs also emerge due to the interdependencies among the various factors contributing to their growth. The study of the consequences associated with ICT design and implementation, grounded in transaction cost theory, should consider the overall implication associated with the adoption and use of ICT and not only the direct effect on problems associated with information flow, distribution, and management.

What Use is Domestication Theory to Information Systems Research?

2010 ◽  
pp. 482-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Hynes ◽  
Helen Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Shaping Of Technology ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Shaping ◽  
Domestication Theory

This chapter introduces and discusses domestication theory—essentially about giving technology a place in everyday life—and its relevance and importance to information systems (IS) research. The authors discuss domestication within the context of the social shaping of technology and critique use and adoption theories more widely found in IS studies. The authors illustrate how domestication theory underpins studies of how Irish households find ways of using computers (or not) in their everyday life and research into the use of ICTs in UK gendered households. In conclusion they outline how developments in domestication theory can contribute to future IS research.

scholarly journals A Perspective Research on Information Systems in Tourism Sector in Kerala

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 927-934
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Types Of Information

Tourism, a multi-dimensional and multi-faceted activity with diverse social, cultural, economic and ecological impacts, got evolved as one of the largest and most significant economic sectors in the world. The lure of tourism as an engine of economic growth and diversification has been urging each and every country in the world to develop and promote it in the most possible manner (Dileep, 2018). As per the current projections, tourism is tend to grow further and it will remain as one of the most vibrant, growing and economically useful activities in the world having wide social and cultural ramifications in the years to come as well. Being an amalgam of industries, this sector includes a diverse range of industries like, intermediaries; transportation; accommodation; entertainment and recreation; shopping; hospitality; and infrastructure. Complex linkages and interrelationships exist among the various individual sectors of the tourism industry. The post second world war era has witnessed tremendous growth of tourism and in the same era has recorded the evolution and growth of information and communication technology as well. Information Technology has become one of the most fundamental and vital components of the successful businesses and organizations and is a major facilitator. In the growth of tourism as a major social phenomenon in the 21st century, Information and communication technology (ICT) too had played significant roles. Indeed, the relationship between tourism and ICT was symbiotic as well, since the latter sector got many opportunities for the application of it in the tourism sector, like in the air transportation which was a pioneer in developing transaction systems for handling the cumbersome booking data in the 1950s and 60s. Information systems for the core of ICT applications in businesses and organisations. Tourism Sector too has been using different types of information systems intensively in the international scenario. Kerala, one of the late entrants in the international tourism, has turned to be successful international tourist destinations within a few decades of time. The number of tourism arrivals has been registering consistent growth and the industry got expanded exponentially in Kerala. To compete globally, tourism of anywhere requires a variety of information systems. Kerala tourism industry is also not an exception to this. In this context, a study on the current usage of information systems in the tourism sector in Kerala seems inevitable. The study has to focus upon the types of information systems used by the tourism industry in Kerala, efficiency as well as the impacts of the usage of such information systems by the industry, comparing the scenario with the international standards and also to discuss about the future to suggest suitable solutions to look ahead to have more competence by the Kerala tourism

scholarly journals Surveillance in the liquid modern times

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Sabina Baraniewicz-Kotasińska ◽  
Sławomir Czapnik
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

Surveillance, nowadays especially provided by information and communication technology, is at the core of social control that has been largely commoditised and privatized.Consumer culture gives hope for freedom lives, challenging the social hierarchies that dominated the earlier – in Bauman’s vocabulary, “solid” – phase of modernity. The aim of this paper is to present two of many tools, which are used by biggest IT companies to keep under surveillance the individuals, societies and nations in the Liquid Modern Times. There has been the socio-cultural context of Internet’s development analyzed to fnd the premises that led to a transformation of cyberspace from a freedom to a surveillance place, and conducted a case study of Facebook’s facial recognition technology and Google Street View practices. Non-reactive research methods have been used in the paper.

Information and Communication Technology Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 218-250
Author(s):  
Robert S. Friedman ◽  
Desiree M. Roberts ◽  
Jonathan D. Linton
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Technology Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Decision Behavior ◽  
Operative Strategies ◽  
Information And Communication

In this chapter on information and communication technology management, we retain a chronological order to emphasize the development of research interests and approaches as technology itself grows more complex, sophisticated, and increasingly integral to a firm’s innovative ends and operative strategies. We begin with two articles concerned with behavior—specifically, attitudes and decision behavior in the early realm of management information systems. Robey (1979) looks at the attitudes of members of sales departments to understand how individual predispositions to computerized information systems affect human performance with them, ultimately suggesting that the identification of expectancy factors can coalesce into a model of user reactions and motivations toward MIS. In the same year, Zmud investigates information processing and decision behavior, and their effect on the successful development of an organization’s management information systems

Contingency Factors Impacting the Rural Information and Communication Technology Hubs

2015 ◽  
pp. 526-546
Author(s):  
P Govindaraju ◽  
M Maani Mabel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
The Impact

A thorough glance of the ICT and development researches reveal that the qualitative studies reasonably depend on the grounded theory as it is obtained from the phenomenon unlike the study begins with the theory and proves it. Most of the researches concentrated on the adoption of technology, receptiveness of the target audience, organizational structure of the project agencies and of course, the impact of intervention. Fewer researches have been done to gauge the factors affecting the positive or negative impact of the technology. None of the above stated theories were relevant except meta-theoretical perspectives of ICT and society. The authors propose a chapter discusses the contingency factors which affect the positive or negative impact of the rural Information and Communication Technology hubs in India by analyzing the researches which were published after the year 2000. It shall be specifically dealing with the researches which are based on primary data. Thus it could reflect the challenges the Indian rural ICT initiatives face.

Ethics and ICT: Why all the fuss?

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Warren ◽  
Richard Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Ethics ◽  
Information And Communication

Purpose This paper aims to introduce a special section based on papers from Australasian Conference for Information Systems 2014. Design/methodology/approach This paper comments on key contextualisation moments in relevant history. Findings This paper describes the initiative in Australia to widen Information and Communication Technology ethics awareness. Originality/value This is a new attempt to bring Ethics and Information Systems academics closer together.

scholarly journals Communication and Information Services – NATO Requirements, Part II

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Tibor Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Member States ◽  
Operational Capabilities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Heads Of State

Abstract Recent publication is the second part of an article which summing up the most important requirements, by which “Heads of State and Government of NATO member countries” have defined the basic tasks and guidelines for the alliance and the member states in order to guarantee their security. These principles and requirements fundamentally defined the needs of command and control’s ICT (Information and Communication Technology) support and its management methodology. Based on these, it introduces the changes in the capabilities and requirements defined by NATO, and the general operational capabilities defining communication and information systems and services in the next 10 years after Bucharest Summit. In this paper, the author analyzes the declarations, summarizes the key directives in the field of ICT, and draws conclusions about the needs for present and future capabilities.

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