Toward the domestication of microelectronics

Birnbaum, J.

doi:10.1145/4547.4554

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“…To conclude, our deployment illustrates how the domestication [4,29] and appropriation [28] of public and potentially foreign technologies can be significantly facilitated by the surrounding social context. In our case, the guild room is an example of a communal place where the sense of belonging to a community is strong, lowering the barriers for interacting with a novel prototype.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Exploring use and appropriation of a non-moderated community display

Jurmu

Gonçalves

Riekki

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

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We report a pre-study and a three-week in-the-wild deployment of a non-moderated interactive public display prototype designed as a communication extension for an established community. A pre-study was conducted to map existing practices in order to ground the design. We explore the adoption process of the display prototype as well as rhythms of usage. We discuss findings related to extensions of presence within the community, the impact of the display on the community's activities, as well as aspects of appropriation and co-design. We illustrate how the display was used to extend one's presence within the community in addition to existing means of communication. This opens up new design possibilities when social dynamics are carefully negotiated.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Exploring use and appropriation of a non-moderated community display

Jurmu

Gonçalves

Riekki

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

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“…Many information systems analysts and organizational theorists focus on the information processing capabilities of computer-based information systems (CBIS) when analyzing their benefits and limitations. They examine how the information processing features of a CBIS makes them into special instruments for enhancing productivity, increasing efficiency, tightening control over resources or workers, and improving strategic advantage (Birnbaum 1985;Braverman 1974;Cash andKonsynski 1985, Galbraith 1977;Gifford and Spector 1985;Gold 1985;Ives and Learmonth 1984;Lawler and Rhode 1976;Pfeffer 1982;Poppel 1985;Simon 1977;Thierauf 1982;Zmud 1983). The literature about what computerization can do for people and organizations is permeated with positive images of interesting social changes which can be catalyzed by CBIS.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The analyses which place the instrumental value of CBIS in the foreground are rich and varied. Some analysts narrowly define CBIS as tools to support specific information processing tasks (Birnbaum 1985;Cash and Konsynski 1985;Galbraith 1977;Gifford and Spector 1985;Gold 1985;Morris et al 1986;Poppel 1985;Simon, 1977). Other analysts focus on social and political impacts of CBIS implementation and use.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Institutional Character of Computerized Information Systems

Kling

Iacono

1989

Office Technology and People

115

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We examine how important social and technical choices become part of the history of a CBIS and embedded in the social structure which support its development and use. These elements of a CBIS can be organized in specific ways to enhance its usability and performance. Paradoxically, they can also constrain future implementations and post-implementations. We argue that CBIS developed from complex, interdependent social and technical choices should be conceptualized in terms of their institutional characteristics, as well as their information processing characteristics. The social system which supports the development and operation of a CBIS is one major element whose institutional characteristics can effectively support routine activities while impeding substantial innovation. Characterizing CBIS as institutions is important for three reasons: 1) the usability of CBIS is more critical than the abstract information processing capabilities of the underlying technology; 2) CBIS that are well-used and are based on stable social structures of support (infrastructures) which are more difficult to replace than those with less developed social structures and fewer participants; and 3) CBIS vary from one social setting to another according to the ways in which they are organized and embedded in organized social systems. These ideas are illustrated with the case study of a failed attempt to convert a complex inventory control system in a medium-sized manufacturing firm.

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