-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation Datum: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:49:24 -0400 Von: Arthur Tatnall arthur.tatnall@vu.edu.au Antwort an: Arthur Tatnall arthur.tatnall@vu.edu.au An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

The contents of the latest issue of:

International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI)

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Volume 1, Issue 4, October-December 2009

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1942-535X EISSN: 1942-5368

Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA

www.igi-global.com/ijantti

Editor-in-Chief: Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia

EDITORIAL PREFACE

Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia

This fourth issue of the first volume of the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) marks the end of the first, highly successful year of the new journal. This issue contains four very different articles, dealing with the use of actor-network theory to analyze the reasons that more girls do not proceed to higher education in IT, an investigation of the development and implementation of IT strategy, the discussion of issues in intercultural communication, and the combination with social network analysis to conduct an investigation of chronic disease self-management models.

To read the preface, please consult this issue of IJANNTI in your library.

PAPER ONE

�What�s Your Problem?� ANT Reflections on a Research Project Studying Girls Enrolment in Information Technology Subjects in Postcompulsory Education

Leonie Rowan, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Australia Chris Bigum, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Australia

Despite more than thirty years of gender reform in schools, the percentages of girls enrolled in information technology subjects in the post-compulsory years of education has remained persistently low: often under 25%. This article investigates data collected during an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant project (2005-2007) focused on identifying the reasons for this under-representation and ways in which the situation could be changed. This article looks beyond the official recommendations of the project to explore how the research experience and the data combine to raise important questions about the limits of research in this area. The authors discuss the difference between the researchers� perception of the problem under consideration and the participants� perception of the same issue.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=34996

PAPER TWO The S�ANT Approach to Facilitate a Superior Chronic Disease Self-Management Model

Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Center for the Management of Medical Technology (CMMT), Stuart School of Business, and Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

Rajeev K. Bali, Coventry University, UK Steve Goldberg, INET International, Canada

Diabetes is one of the leading chronic diseases, and its prevalence continues to rise exponentially. This article presents the case for the application of a pervasive technology solution in the form of a wireless-enabled mobile phone to facilitate superior diabetes management. In so doing, the authors highlight the need for employing the S�ANT approach (Wickramasinghe and Bali, 2009) - namely the incorporation of actor-network theory and social network analysis - in order to support a network centric healthcare solution.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=34997

PAPER THREE

An Actor-Network Analysis of a Case of Development and Implementation of IT Strategy

Tiko Iyamu, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Arthur Tatnall, Graduate School of Business, Victoria University, Australia

Increasingly, many organizations are highly dependent on support from information technology (IT). Even though Carr has controversially argued that IT does not matter, there seems to be prima facie evidence that even the most ambitious business vision still needs IT to enable it. As such, there has been much focus and emphasis on technologies and less attention on non-technical components in the development and implementation of IT strategy. This study focuses on the connection between the technical and nontechnical, including the relationships between actors in the development and implementation of IT strategy. The authors describe how actor-network theory (ANT) is employed to investigate the impact of non-technical factors on the development and implementation of IT strategy in an organization. ANT is used to provide a useful perspective on the importance of relationships between both human and non-human actors.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=34998

PAPER FOUR

Actor-Network Theory in Intercultural Communication: Translation through the Prism of Innovation, Technology, Networks and Semiotics

Magdalena Bielenia-Grajewska, University of Gdansk, Poland

This article discusses the place of the actor-network theory in intercultural communication. To narrow the scope of the research, the author concentrates on the role of participants in one type of intercultural exchange, namely in translation. Thus, such issues as translator(s), translation, languages, texts, and units are given a detailed study. An attempt will be made to show how ANT is useful in this area of cross-cultural communication.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=34999

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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: <www.infosci-journals.com>.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJANTTI:

The mission of the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) is to provide a forum for both general discussion of actor-network theory (ANT), and examples of its use in offering explanations for socio-technical phenomena, particularly those related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It is over twenty years now since Latour, Callon, and Law put together their ideas and concepts in the first papers on ANT, but for some time ANT was regarded by many as little more than a curiosity. In recent years however, the ICT research community has begun to discover the power of using ANT as an explanatory framework for many of the things in which it is interested. Implementation and use of information and communication technologies inevitably involves the interactions of both technology and people, and this is the area in which ANT is particularly useful. The main goal of this journal will be to facilitate international growth in the body of research investigating the value of using actor-network theory as a means of understanding socio-technical phenomena and technological innovation.

Coverage of IJANTTI:

This journal covers a range of topics related to actor-network theory (ANT). These topics will include the development of actor-network theory itself, as well as case studies of its use to assist in the explanation of various socio-technical phenomena. It will also include topics relating to technological innovation; both those using actor-network theory as an explanatory framework and those using other approaches. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:

Analytical case studies of the use of ANT for investigating technological applications in various other areas

Analytical case studies of the use of ANT to investigate the implementation and use of information and communication technologies

Case studies, involving ANT or other analytical frameworks, of technological innovation, and the implementation and use of information and communication technologies

Comparison of the various different approaches to framing technological innovation

Descriptions of ANT research methods, and the conduct of ANT research

Development, evaluations, criticisms, and triumphs of ANT

Innovation translation as an approach to explaining technological innovation

Other approaches to the explanation of technological innovation, including innovation diffusion, the technology acceptance model, and ecological models of innovation

Other papers relating to examples of technological innovation

Proposals of analytical frameworks that build on, and go beyond ANT

Use of ANT in the investigation of historical examples of technological innovation

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijantti.

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Editor-in-Chief: Arthur Tatnall at Arthur.Tatnall@vu.edu.au

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