Toward a virtual politicking model

Romm, Celia T.; Pliskin, Nava

doi:10.1145/265684.265696

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“…This perspective on email and other text-based digital media has been related to the lack of communicative cues participants have been shown to remain in experiments, regardless of the medium. When knowledge about the communication partner is limited, there is evidence that stereotypical conceptions are evoked about the group that the other party represents (Brigham and Corbett 1997;Romm and Pliskin 1997;Weisenband et al 1995; see also Waldvogel 2001 for an overview). Certain features of the medium such as distribution lists may also contribute to the reinforcement of existing structures (Brigham and Corbett 1997;Skovholt and Svennevig 2006).…”

Section: Research On Email In Organizations and Workplacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Space for a New Medium: On the Use of Electronic Mail in a Newspaper Newsroom

Hössjer

Eklundh

2008

Comput Supported Coop Work

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Within the field of computer-supported cooperative work, there are a continuously growing number of studies of the use of electronic media in groups and organisations. Despite the existence of this impressive body of research, there have been comparatively few in-depth studies of how the computer as a medium of communication is integrated in specific professional practices. The present study examines the role of electronic mail in a medium-sized Swedish newspaper office (newsroom) environment. Using an ethnographic perspective, the study attempts to combine two approaches: it is both focused on the social and communicative processes that are affected by the use of email and oriented toward the messages as such, looking at what kind of interaction is produced through particular email exchanges. Data have been collected during repeated observations, interviews and study of documents and artefacts in the newsroom environment over a period of almost 3 years. The picture that has emerged suggests that it is not the medium as such, but its interaction with other contextual preconditions that is decisive for the effects of the introduction of email. Important factors are the physical localization of co-workers in the near and remote editorial environment as well as their organisational roles in the time-critical news production process. Together, these relationships create a significantly more complex picture than previous studies of what happens when a new communication technology is introduced.

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Section: Research On Email In Organizations and Workplacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Space for a New Medium: On the Use of Electronic Mail in a Newspaper Newsroom

Hössjer

Eklundh

2008

Comput Supported Coop Work

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“…In our sample, 37 studies exhibit language and assumptions consistent with the pluralist perspective. Examples of the evidence criteria used for categorizing studies as pluralist included: the study of coalition building Iacono, 1984, Romm andPliskin, 1997], conflict [Barki and Hartwick, 1994, Robey and Farrow, 1982, Robey et al, 1989, Robey et al, 1993, bargaining [Clemons and Row, 1993], or implementation politics [Keen, 1981, Levine and Rossmoore, 1995, McKeen et al, 1994, Newman and Noble, 1990. Some confirmation for the categorizations made is provided by the citations used by these studies.…”

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“…The three GSS studies from a pluralist perspective [Griffith et al, 1998, Romm and Pliskin, 1997, Williams and Wilson, 1997] adopt a subjective view of people. Three [Romm and Pliskin, 1997, Watson et al, 1999, Williams and Wilson, 1997 are set in the field rather than in a laboratory. All three studies are concerned with the ability to influence and address the individual, as well as the group or organization.…”

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Lessons from the Trenches of Metatriangulation Research

Saunders¹,

Carte²,

Jasperson³

et al. 2003

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In this paper we describe our application of a relatively untried research approach called metatriangulation. Metatriangulation is a three-phased, qualitative meta-analysis process that may be used to explore variations in the assumptions of alternative paradigms, gain insights into these multiple paradigms, and address emerging themes and the resulting theories. In applying this method we encountered difficulties in selecting a sample, in reaching agreement among coders, and in our attempts to build theory from our results. From our experiences we developed a modified version of the metatriangulation method. We did find metatriangulation to be an excellent tool in understanding theoretical perspectives in MIS research and believe the use of our modified method will aid future researchers in this pursuit.

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“…For example, Bell (1976) and Feidson (1986) have predicted that computer and communication technologies will shift power to technocrats. Romm and Pliskin (1997) have suggested that the use ofthese technologies will strengthen democratic features of the organizations by providing different interest groups with the tools to respond to their opposition. Ross (1997) argues that software has the power to make knowledge work routine and replace professions in insurance, law, travel, finance, and medicine.…”

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Information Technology and the Cultural Reproduction of Social Order: A Research Paradigm

Kvasny

Truex

2000

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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This paper introduces the critical social theory of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The objective of Bourdieu's theoretical framework is to uncover the buried organizational structures and mechanisms that are used to ensure the reproduction of social order. This theoretical framework will be used in a research program that examines the structural processes by which information technology may be constrainedfrom emancipating humankind, and may actually be disempowering and abandoning significant numbers of societal members.

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Toward a virtual politicking model

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

Making Space for a New Medium: On the Use of Electronic Mail in a Newspaper Newsroom

Making Space for a New Medium: On the Use of Electronic Mail in a Newspaper Newsroom

Lessons from the Trenches of Metatriangulation Research

Information Technology and the Cultural Reproduction of Social Order: A Research Paradigm

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