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Undergraduate 1
12/21/2011

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Term

SCOT

Definition

-technology is social constructed

-technology from its place in society

 

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Interpretive flexibility 
Definition
different view of the same technology
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Symmetry 
Definition
account for failures and successes
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linear development 
Definition

looking at problems and solutions for different social groups, the seamless web

Working and non-working artifacts

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Rogers – Diffusion of Innovations

Definition

-adoption, spread of technology

-change agents – accelerates change

-opinion leaders – others value their opinion

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The bell curve 
Definition

population

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S-curve 
Definition
– rate of adoption
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homophily
Definition
similar groups
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heterophily 
Definition
different groups
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4 major parts of communication 
Definition

1. Innovation

2. Communication through channels

3. Over time

4. Social systems

 

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Intertwingularity
Definition

two technologies combining together, flatness, convergence

 

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Digital divides

Definition

1.  1   Gender 2. Race 3 socioeconomic status 4. Access 5. Geography

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-Lawley 
Definition
argues that CMC helps shape gender
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-Margolis 
Definition

men see computer as a machine

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Kennedy 
Definition
Lara Croft, fatal femme
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Kerr 
Definition
Adult female gamers
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Jackson 
Definition

Who uses ICTs, nature and intensity of use

 

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Technological Determinism

Definition

-technology shapes society

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- Strong vs. weak

Definition

strong –tech sufficient

-weak – one factor among many

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Reductionism 
Definition

prime factor, reducing something that is complex to one thing

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Reductionism tendency 
Definition

identification of technology with tools and machines

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-Cultural system 
Definition
– technology on bottom stratum, then sociological, then philosophical
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Reification 
Definition

treating something that is abstract as concrete, thingify

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-Technological autonomy –

Definition
tech is external to society
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- Technological imperative – 

Definition
once tech starts it can’t be stopped
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-Tech is neither good, nor bad, nor neutral—

Definition
it is non-neutral
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Carr – IT management

Definition

1.     Be a follower, not a leader

2.     Spend less and more wisely

3.     Focus on vulnerabilities, not opportunities

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business IT

Definition

-3 categories of business IT 1. Network – Interactions without parameters 2. Fuction – execution of tasks 4. Enterprise – business processes

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Management
Definition

-PDCA cycle – plan do check act

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Maslow’s – hierarchy of needs 
Definition
1. Physiological 2. Safety 3. Love/belonging 4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization
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Morals 
Definition
– traditions, social practices, mores
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Values – enduring beliefs

Definition
 enduring beliefs
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Ethics – application of values

Definition
application of values
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Information Professional Values

Definition

1.     Intellectual property rights

2.     Intellectual freedom

3.     Professional neutrality

4.     Equity of access

5.     Preservation of the cultural record

6.     Privacy/confidentiality

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Network Neutrality

Definition

-not slowing down access to certain websites

 -2010 Law - No unreasonable discrimination, no blocking, transparency

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Copyright

Definition

-the right to copy, ownership of material

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-Protected –

Definition
 literary works, musicals, choreography, architecture
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-NOT protected –

Definition
 ideas and concepts
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-SOPA – 

Definition
stop online piracy act, ability to block access to infringing domains
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Geocentric vs. Egocentric

Definition

geo – landmarks

-ego – yourself

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Cognitive authority –

Definition
 experience, expertise, knowledge, credibility, charisma, trustworthy, competence
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Long tail model –

Definition
 non-popular items will sell more than popular
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Wayfinding – 

Definition
know where you are, know where you are going, how to get there, knowing when you are there, finding your way back
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Noosphere –

Definition
 sphere of human thought
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Productivity Paradox –

Definition
 IT does not improve productivity
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Elements of socio-technical system

Definition

1.     People

2.     Software

3.     Hardware

4.     Techniques and processes

5.     Structures 

6.     Support resources

 

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Memex 
Definition

1. Hypertext linking 2. WWW 3. Personal computer

 

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Utopia vs. Dystopia 
Definition

Utopia is ideal, dystopia is opposite, optimistic vs. pessimistic

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Luddite – 

Definition
someone who is against technology
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Wiki –

Definition
 something that can be completely changed or edited by anybody, Wikipedia is not a true wiki
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Open source – 

Definition
anyone can contribute, information is free,
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Open access –

Definition
 academic, scholarly publishing
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 – top down –

Definition
 business first, then relationships among the documents
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Bottom up –

Definition
 documents first then higher-level structures
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Pushing info – 
Definition
ads, billboards, spam
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Pull info –

Definition
 search engines, things you interact with,
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Rss – 

Definition
both push and pull
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HCI –

Definition
 human computer interaction
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Nardi – three dimensions of connection 

Definition
1. Commitment 2. Attention 3. Affinity
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Taxonomy – 

Definition
hierarchies of categorizing
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Ontology –
Definition
 concept being, inference rules
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Folksonomy – 

Definition
tags
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Disinformation – 

Misinformation – 


Definition

d- on purpose

m- by accident

-both are wrong information

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Data, information, knowledge

Definition

-         Data – facts, symbols

-         Information – processed data

-         Knowledge – information in action

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Mooers’ – 

Definition
ease of use,
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Moore’s – 

Definition
transistors double every 24 months
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Metcalfe’s –

Definition
 utility of network is equal the square of the number of users
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Bate’s searching – 

Definition
berrypicking, non-linear model of searching
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Futurology – 

Definition

1.     Machines make their own decisions

2.     Human’s control machines but who makes the decisions?

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 Joy –

Definition
 robotics, nanotechnology and bioengineering
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