The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology: Innovation, Actors, and Contexts

Abstract

Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Encountering Information Systems as a Phenomenon 2. Solution is the Problem: A Story of Transitions and Opportunities 3. On Using ANT for Studying Information Systems: A (Somewhat) Socratic Dialogue 4. Towards a Sociology of Information Technology PART II: THEORIES AT WORK 5. Knowledge as Infrastructure 6. An Ecology of Distributed Practice Involving Knowledge Work 7. Actor Network Theory and Cultural Aspects of Interpretive Studies 8. Farewell to Constructivism: Technology and Context-Embedded Action 9. Framing IS Studies: Understanding the Context of IS Innovation PART III: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS 10. Bridging the Digital Divide: New Route to Development or New Form of Dependency 11. Re-Constructing Information Systems Evaluation 12. Reflections on Information Systems Strategizing 13. Socially Self-Destructing Systems

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