History and Habit in the Mobilization of ICT Resources

Coco, Angela; Short, Patricia

doi:10.1080/01972240490269997

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“…Therefore, it is more difficult to instill such capacity through training (although education in the use of IT tools is valuable in providing users' skills and understanding in exploiting their capabilities). This is supported by research, which suggests that efforts to build indigenous ability have to go beyond merely providing people in developing nations with access to training programs or infrastructural resources (Bunker, 2001;Coco & Short, 2004). In addition, training is not the chief issue to be considered here: Rather, it is the interests which motivate people in the way they adopt IT that matters (Davenport & Prusak, 1997).…”

Section: Developing Indigenized Capacitymentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Information technology artfulness requires recognition of the historic conditions and the interpretive schemes or rules of practice that shape behavior and work arrangements in a societal context (Avgerou, 2002;Coco & Short, 2004). The possibilities of transformation of various elements and structures, and the play of dependencies between transformations, are defined and appreciated in relation to societal and organizational contexts of innovation, rather than with reference to any uniform abstraction of change associated with the artifact.…”

Section: Artfulness Over Rapid Information Technology Adoptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Meaningful action in the use of IT may be seen as being constituted by people acting to preserve or further their own interests, and to a certain extent, those of others that they interact within an organization or social system. Disadvantaged communities, for instance, make use of IT facilities set up for them in ways that serve immediate personal or practical ends (Coco & Short, 2004). Information technology innovation projects can trigger key changes in ways of working or interacting.…”

Section: Developing Indigenized Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Promoting development through information technology innovation: The IT artifact, artfulness, and articulation

Corea

2007

Information Technology for Development

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In this theoretical article the author explores how information technology (IT) innovation can be harnessed to promote the socioeconomic growth of developing nations. Adopting a behavioral perspective, he proposes that effective IT-based societal development requires the learning of a key competency, termed as IT artfulness: the creative or ingenious transformation of work/social practices through the contextually appropriate use of IT tools. The elaboration of this perspective is based on the nature of IT artifacts, and the way meaningful action in IT-based practices is constituted through articulation, which refers to the process by which interpretive schemes shape behavior or perception. Harnessing IT as an effective spur to socioeconomic development is seen to require the modification of relevant interpretive schemes in society that permit: (a) the innovative potential of IT to be recognized, and (b) human and material resources to be skillfully managed to achieve desired changes and heightened welfare. C 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Section: Developing Indigenized Capacitymentioning

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Section: Artfulness Over Rapid Information Technology Adoptionmentioning

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Section: Developing Indigenized Capacitymentioning

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Promoting development through information technology innovation: The IT artifact, artfulness, and articulation

Corea

2007

Information Technology for Development

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“…Participants are differentiated in their attitudes, self-confidence, self-esteem, cultural background and linguistic ability. As Coco and Short (2004) put it, in the context of civic networks but of wider significance, online communities are 'social constructions' and reflect existing patterns of power and cultural constraints as well as habits and history. Thus technology really might allow new environments for, and new forms of, interaction, but the attempt to draw conclusions from particular technological affordances is 'putting the cart before the horse'.…”

Section: The Value Of a Habermasian Perspective On Joint Meaning Makimentioning

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A Habermasian perspective on joint meaning making online: What does it offer and what are the difficulties?

Hammond

2015

Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn

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This paper is an exploration of the relevance of Habermas's social theory for understanding meaning making in the context of shared online interaction. It describes some of the key ideas within Habermas's work, noting the central importance it gives to the idea of communicative action -a special kind of discourse in which there is 'no other force than that of the better argument' and no other motive other than 'the cooperative search for truth'. The paper then turns to the referencing of Habermas by educationalists in general and by supporters of online discussion in particular. It argues that a Habermasian perspective on meaning making is one in which participants strive for 'genuine consensus' by interrogating their own beliefs while actively engaging with opposing points of view. The value of this approach is that it introduces a concern for validity or truth into discussion of knowledge building and discriminates between emancipatory and strategic goals. While critics would argue that genuine consensus is not achievable, from Habermas we can better understand the importance of striving for such consensus.

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“…Coco and Short (2004) examined a local government program in Queensland, Australia and found that there were established local patterns of interaction and communication that had positive and negative impacts on the adoption of eParticipation. This means that making broad generalisations about eParticipation facilitating greater participation simply because it is more convenient for people are simplistic and that existing patterns and norms of communication should be accounted for and that initiatives must be designed with the needs of the community in mind (Chadwick, 2006).…”

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Web 2.0 for eParticipation

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Citizen 2.0: Public and Governmental Interaction Through Web 2.0 Technologies

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Recent developments in social media allow people to communicate and share information instantly and have led to speculation about the potential for increased citizen participation in decision making. However, as with other developments in ICT, social media is not used by everyone, and there is a danger of certain groups being excluded. Further, if social media tools are to be used by government institutions, there needs to be new internal processes put in place to ensure that the participation is meaningful. This chapter will critically evaluate and analyse the role of Web 2.0 tools (such as social networking services) for facilitating democratic participation, investigate and evaluate the development of Web 2.0 tools for eParticipation, and determine how they can be used to facilitate meaningful political participation.

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History and Habit in the Mobilization of ICT Resources

Cited by 14 publications

References 6 publications

Promoting development through information technology innovation: The IT artifact, artfulness, and articulation

Promoting development through information technology innovation: The IT artifact, artfulness, and articulation

A Habermasian perspective on joint meaning making online: What does it offer and what are the difficulties?

Web 2.0 for eParticipation

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