Journal•ISSN: 0197-2243
The Information Society
Taylor & Francis
About: The Information Society is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): The Internet & Information society. It has an ISSN identifier of 0197-2243. Over the lifetime, 1536 publications have been published receiving 57758 citations. The journal is also known as: Information Society.
Topics: The Internet, Information society, Information technology, Computer science, Information system
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TL;DR: Overall, the article shows how model and theory help understand IS cases in developing countries, and equally, how those cases provide valuable data to help develop IS models and theories.
Abstract: This article presents evidence that--alongside the successes-- many information systems in developing countries can be categorized as failing either totally or partially. It then develops a new model that seeks to explain the high rates of failure. The model draws on contingency theory in order to advance the notion of design-actuality gaps: the match or mismatch between IS designs and local user actuality. This helps identify two high-risk archetypes that affect IS in developing countries: country context gaps and hard-soft gaps. The model is also of value in explaining the constraints that exist to local IS improvisations in developing countries. Overall, the article shows how model and theory help understand IS cases in developing countries, and equally, how those cases provide valuable data to help develop IS models and theories.
1,380 citations
TL;DR: This publication contains reprint articles for which IEEE does not hold copyright and which are likely to be copyrighted.
Abstract: Based on literature from the domains of organization science, marketing, accounting, and management information systems, this review article examines the theoretical basis of the information overload discourse and presents an overview of the main definitions, situations, causes, effects, and countermeasures. It analyzes the contributions from the last 30 years to consolidate the existing research in a conceptual framework and to identify future research directions.
1,336 citations
TL;DR: Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays on the reality of science studies with a focus on the role of science education.
Abstract: (2000). Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies. The Information Society: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 245-247.
1,306 citations
TL;DR: A fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the so-called "digital divide" is proposed and it is shown that differential access of skills and usage is likely to increase.
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to propose a fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the socalled “digital divide.” The extent and the nature of this divide depend on the kind of access defined. Considering the possession of hardware, growing divides among different categories of income, employment, education, age, and ethnicity can be proved to have existed in the 1980s and 1990s according to official American and Dutch statistics. If only by effects of saturation, these gaps will more or less close. However, it is shown that differential access of skills and usage is likely to increase. The growth of a usage gap is projected. Multivariate analyses of Dutch official statistics reveal the striking effect of age and gender as compared to education. The usage gap is related to the evolution of the information and network society. Finally, policy perspectives are discussed.
1,237 citations
TL;DR: Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction is a timely reminder of the power and perils of predictive algorithms and model-driven decision processes and speaks forcefully to the cultural moment the authors share.
Abstract: Weapons of Math Destruction presents a careful and sustained criticism of big data's dark side, the remarkable ability if its algorithms to “calculat[e] our potential as students, workers, lovers, ...
1,133 citations