2016
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12180
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Explicating Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Affordances in Communication Research

Abstract: This study aims to clarify inconsistencies regarding the term affordances by examining how affordances terminology is used in empirical researchPublished communication research on affordances has increased in recent years. An affordances perspective represents a relational approach to understanding how people interact with technology (Leonardi, 2013). This study examines how affordances terminology is used in communication

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“…The affordance of interactivity was the third most frequently identified affordances (13.4%), which refers to the extent to which social media enable users to engage in interaction with other users (Evans et al, ). It seems that the possibility to interact and communicate with other users to supplement the formal classroom teaching was an important reason why students used social media voluntarily for formal learning.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The affordance of interactivity was the third most frequently identified affordances (13.4%), which refers to the extent to which social media enable users to engage in interaction with other users (Evans et al, ). It seems that the possibility to interact and communicate with other users to supplement the formal classroom teaching was an important reason why students used social media voluntarily for formal learning.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A focus on media affordances offers a theoretical grounding in the relationships between users and technology, and therefore a middle path between deterministic and constructivist stances. Yet the conceptualization of affordances is inconsistent (Evans, Pearce, Vitak, & Treem, in press), and operationalization of affordances is rare, making it difficult to compare studies and understand results.…”
Section: Problem Statement Review and Research Questionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Debates include whether affordances exist independently of the actor's perceptions (or capability for becoming aware of the affordance) and effectivities (dispositions for actualizing the affordance); whether the core relation is between actor properties and environment properties, or between actor properties and situation aspects; and whether affordances are properties of the object/environment, a latent capability emerging in a particular context, or specific to the actor/species. This ambiguity has, however, also allowed for the evolution of the concept in a range of disciplines (Evans et al, in press; Treem et al, ).…”
Section: Problem Statement Review and Research Questionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Both technology and affordance theory per se made possible the interpretation of their strengths and limitations, the synergy between users and themselves and social impact imposed by users and the environment. Starting from these lenses of “materiality of technologies, the attributes of users and the contexts of technology use” (Evans, Pearce, Vitak, & Treem, , p. 36) would render possible theorizing and implementing technology affordance.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%