Being (more) Human in a Digitized World

Abstract

What a piece of work is a (hu)man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a God! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust (spirit)? William Shakespeare in Hamlet (2.2.295-302

Appropriating Information Technology Artefacts through Trial and Error: The Case of the Tablet

“…Equally, we consider that an obvious future step would be a different type of generalisation attempt: rather than generalising to a different population and gauging differences at the basis of cultural values, one could examine whether the theory of trial and error for appropriation is replicable and remains valid for other types of IT devices. This would be of additional interest for the post Covid-19 world, where workers are already moving to working-from-home arrangements, and where the choice of IT artefacts may be made under their own volitional control and at a time when our dependence on technology has been made abundantly clear both for remaining professionally active and socially connected (Seetharaman et al 2020 ).…”

“…Equally, we consider that an obvious future step would be a different type of generalisation attempt: rather than generalising to a different population and gauging differences at the basis of cultural values, one could examine whether the theory of trial and error for appropriation is replicable and remains valid for other types of IT devices. This would be of additional interest for the post Covid-19 world, where workers are already moving to working-from-home arrangements, and where the choice of IT artefacts may be made under their own volitional control and at a time when our dependence on technology has been made abundantly clear both for remaining professionally active and socially connected (Seetharaman et al 2020). " " " " iPad 2 31/05/2011 24/08/2012 64 " " " " " iPad 2 01/06/2011 24/08/2012 65 " " " " " iPad 2 02/06/2011 24/08/2012 66 " " " " " iPad 2 03/06/2011 24/08/2012 67 " " " " " iPad 2 26/05/2012 24/08/2012 68 " " " " " iPad 2 28/01/2017 23/06/2017 69 " " " " " iPad 2 04/01/2012 23/06/2017 70 " " " " " iPad 2 04/08/2011 23/06/2017 71 " " " " " iPad 2 04/07/2011 23/06/2017 72 " " " " " iPad 2 24/05/2011 24/08/2012 73 " " " " " iPad 2 11/05/2011 24/08/2012 74 " " " " " iPad 2 28/01/2010 24/08/2012 75 " " " " " iPad 2 31/01/2011 24/08/2012 76 " " " " " iPad " " " " iPad Pro 12/06/2017 03/07/2017 129 " " " " " iPad Pro 23/02/2017 03/07/2017 130 " " " " " iPad Pro 27/01/2017 03/07/2017 131 " " " " " iPad Pro 26/11/2016 03/07/2017 132 " " " " " iPad Pro 13/11/2016 03/07/2017 133 " " " " " iPad Pro 12/11/2016 03/07/2017 134 " " " " " iPad Pro 09/11/2016 03/07/2017 135 " " " " " iPad Pro 08/11/2016 03/07/2017 136 " " " " " iPad Pro 01/11/2016 03/07/2017…”

Working from Home During Covid-19: Doing and Managing Technology-enabled Social Interaction With Colleagues at a Distance

“…However, how this change has impacted upon employees’ ability to maintain social relations with colleagues and subsequently manage feelings of social isolation remains empirically unsupported. This is despite there being recognition that increasing digital social interactions risk “dehumanizing human-human interactions or unduly humanizing technology-human interactions” (Seetharaman et al, 2020 , p.530).…”

Enablers and Inhibitors of AI-Powered Voice Assistants: A Dual-Factor Approach by Integrating the Status Quo Bias and Technology Acceptance Model

“…Despite various AI functions emerging during this decade, the literature has omitted to compare attitude disposition or resistance based on the enhancing and inhibiting factors. Given that voice assistants are recognized as home devices (Seetharaman et al, 2020), it is important to investigate how users across age and gender groups exhibited a positively affect their attitude and resistance towards these devices.…”