Approaching Information Infrastructure as an Ecology of Ubiquitous Sociotechnical Relations

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Publication Type:

IFIP Paper

Authors:

Constantinides, Panos; Michael Barrett

Source:

Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges, p.249 - 260 (2005)

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28918-6_19

Abstract:

In this paper, we seek to understand the ecology of ubiquitous sociotechnical relations involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies. We draw on some examples from an empirical case study on the development and use of a regional healthcare information technology network to illustrate our conceptualization of this information infrastructure as an ecology. We conclude with some implications for theory and practice.

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