Actor-network theory and information systems / guest editors, Ole Hanseth, Margunn Aanestad and Marc Berg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanseth, Ole.

Aanestad, Margunn.

Berg, Marc.

Series:

Information technology & people ; v. 17, no. 2, 2004.

Information technology & people ; v. 17, no. 2, 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Information technology.

Business networks.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald Group Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this editorial introduction Allen Lee's definition of the information systems (IS) field is taken as the starting point: "Research in the information systems field examines more than just the technological system, or just the social system, or even the two systems side by side; in addition, it investigates the phenomena that emerge when the two interact" (Lee, A. "Editorial", MISQ, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001, p. iii). By emphasizing the last part of this, it is argued that actor-network theory (ANT) can provide IS research with unique and very powerful tools to help us overcome the current poor u

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editors' introduction Actor-network theory and information systems. What's so special?; Tracing the trajectories of issues, and their democratic deficits, on the Web; The nature of the Net: constructing reliability of health information on the Web; Redefining the network: enrollment strategies in the PDA industry; Contested artifact: technology sensemaking, actor networks, and the shaping of the Web browser; Trojan actor-networks and swift translation; Book review

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-51568-6

9786610515684

1-84544-741-7

OCLC:

70746417