From: OII Events [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 04 May 2006 16:02
To: oii-contacts
Subject: OII News [2006.05.04]: Exploring the Social Implications of
Wireless Email Devices
Dear All
Please may we bring to your attention the following forthcoming event:
'CrackBerries: Exploring the Social Implications of Wireless Email Devices'
Speaker: Professor Wanda Orlikowski, Sloan School of Management and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Date: 11 May 2006, 15:30 - 17:00
Location: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS
Attendance: This event is open to the public, if you would like to attend
please email your name and affiliation, if any, to [log in to unmask]
Abstract:
In my talk I will report on research in progress where my MIT colleagues and
I are exploring how mobile communications technologies are being
incorporated into the daily lives of information professionals. In
particular, we are examining the everyday work practices of these
individuals and how they are mediated, temporally and spatially, by the
BlackBerry wireless email device. I will discuss some of our provisional
findings that suggest individuals' ongoing engagement with BlackBerries
enacts a form of "continual connectivity" that challenges taken-for-granted
expectations of availability, responsiveness, coordination, and control.
Such enactment, furthermore, appears to generate a set of social dynamics
that entail multiple and conflicting experiences, norms, and consequences.
Biography:
Wanda J. Orlikowski is Professor of Information Technologies and
Organization Studies at the Sloan School of Management, and the
Eaton-Peabody Chair of Communication Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Her primary research interest focuses on the dynamic
relationship between organizations and information technologies, with
particular emphases on organizing structures, cultural norms, communication
genres, and work practices. She is currently leading a multi-year National
Science Foundation project on the social and economic implications of
Internet technologies.
For further information on all OII events, please refer to our website at
www.oii.ox.ac.uk.
Kind regards
The Events Team
Oxford Internet Institute
1 St Giles
University of Oxford
Oxford
OX1 3JS
Tel: +44 (0)1865 287209
Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
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