In the era of ubiquitous digital technology, our perception of time is undergoing a serious paradigm shift.
Ivaturi and Chua (2021), ‘Rethinking Time: Ubichronic Time and Its Impact on Work’, European Journal of Information Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2021.1966326
Will there still be a future for human work in the hyper-automated future of algorithmic decision-making?
Grønsund T. & Aanestad M. (2020), ‘Augmenting the Algorithm: Emerging Human-in-the-Loop Work Configurations’, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, vol. 29, no. 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101614
The different groups of people involved in the Monero cryptocurrency have very different feelings about privacy. How is this going to play out in the design of Monero?
Renwick R. & Gleasure R. (2021), ‘Those Who Control the Code Control the Rules: How Different Perspectives of Privacy Are Being Written Into the Code of Blockchain Systems’, Journal of Information Technology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0268396220944406
In the past, information systems (IS) captured and represented the lived (external) reality. Now, they are the lived reality.
Baskerville R. L., Myers M. D., & Yoo Y. (2020), ‘Digital First: The Ontological Reversal and New Challenges for Information Systems Research’, MIS Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2020/14418
Social media can make people feel envy. But is this always a bad thing? And what does it mean for social media platforms?
Wu J. & Srite M. (2020), ‘Envy on Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, International Journal of Information Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102255
The old factory paradigm is fading away, but what will replace it? We look to the digital nomads to envision some possibilities.
Wang B., Schlagwein D., Cecez-Kecmanovic D., & Cahalane M. C. (2020), ‘Beyond the Factory Paradigm: Digital Nomadism and the Digital Future(s) of Knowledge Work Post-COVID-19’, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(6), pp. 1379-1401, https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol21/iss6/10/
The conspiracy theory “QAnon” started in a fringe, esoteric corner of the Web. How did it become part of the mainstream public sphere?
De Zeeuw D., Hagen S., Peeters S., & Jokubauskaite E. (2020), ‘Tracing Normiefication: A Cross-Platform Analysis of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory’, First Monday, https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v25i11.10643
In Western culture, there’s social capital and virtue ethics. In Chinese culture, there’s guanxi and qinghuai.
Xiao X., Tan B., Leong C., & Tan F. T. C. (2020), ‘Powered by “Qinghuai”: The Melding of Traditional Values and Digital Entrepreneurship in Contemporary China’, Information Systems Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12301
The lockdowns of COVID-19 have seen a sharp increase in the use of web conferencing systems. How have these been useful, and how can we improve on these for the future?
Hacker J., Vom Brocke J., Handali J., Otto M., & Schneider J. (2020), ‘Virtually in This Together – How Web-conferencing Systems Enabled a New Virtual Togetherness During the COVID-19 Crisis’, European Journal of Information Systems, https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1814680
Sometimes people set up their own IT systems outside of what is officially supported by the IT department. When these IT systems are revealed, what happens to them?
Fürstenau D., Rothe H. & Sandner M. (2020), Leaving the Shadow: A Configurational Approach to Explain Post-Identification Outcomes of Shadow IT Systems’, Business & Information Systems Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-020-00635-2