Theorizing ICT and society in the Brazilian context: a multilevel, pluralistic and remixable framework



Document title: Theorizing ICT and society in the Brazilian context: a multilevel, pluralistic and remixable framework
Journal: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Database:
System number: 000552859
ISSN: 1807-7692
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1HEC Montréal, Montreal, Quebec. Canadá
2Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Jul-Sep
Volumen: 9
Number: 3
Pages: 287-307
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
English abstract In this paper we present a multilevel and pluralistic conceptual framework that is particularly useful for Brazilian researchers investigating information and communication technology (ICT) based social changes from a community/societal level of analysis. The framework is influenced by three theoretical perspectives: social shaping of technology, structurationist view of technology and contextualism. It integrates four main concepts - relevant social groups, interpretive frames, negotiation and technology-in-practice - organized in terms of three dimensions - context, process and content. The framework, already applied to 12 different research projects led by Brazilian scholars during the last four years, is seen as a work in permanent transformation and open to reuse, revision, remix and constant revalidation.
Disciplines: Administración y contaduría
Keyword: Administración de la producción
Keyword: Multilevel framework,
Brazilian context,
ICT and society,
Information system research,
Social technology,
Production management
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