Use of Technology

MP3 players : listening practices and socio-technical appropriation

by Lionel Detry

Paper presented at « Digital Culture : innovative practices and critical theories » (ECREA Digital Culture and Communication – 3rd Workshop). Barcelona, Spain, 24-25 November 2011

What does online learning really mean?

by Mary-Helen Ward

An opinion piece about conceptualisations of online learning

Reconsidering Technology Adoption and Resistance: Observations of a Semi-Luddite

by Brett Lunceford

Lunceford, Brett. “Reconsidering Technology Adoption and Resistance: Observations of a Semi-Luddite.” Explorations in Media Ecology, 8, no. 1 (2009): 29-47.

The question of how and why people adopt technologies is an area that has received great scrutiny, but less attention... more The question of how and why people adopt technologies is an area that has received great scrutiny, but less attention is given to those who willingly choose to avoid particular technologies. This article considers current models of technology adoption and explores how technology influences us as a society and individually, paying special attention to how large-scale shifts in technological change come to bear on individuals who choose not to adopt specific technologies. By combining scholarship in the information sciences with observations from media ecology theorists, this article proposes a more nuanced view of technology adoption and resistance.

Improving corporate communications with intranets

by Sharon Tabor