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Research commentary-digital infrastructures: the missing IS research agenda

Tilson, David, Llytinen, Kalle and Sørensen, Carsten ORCID: 0000-0002-2002-9383 (2010) Research commentary-digital infrastructures: the missing IS research agenda. Information Systems Research, 21 (4). pp. 748-759. ISSN 1047-7047

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Identification Number: 10.1287/isre.1100.0318

Abstract

Since the inauguration of information systems research (ISR) two decades ago, the information systems (IS) field's attention has moved beyond administrative systems and individual tools. Millions of users log onto Facebook, download iPhone applications, and use mobile services to create decentralized work organizations. Understanding these new dynamics will necessitate the field paying attention to digital infrastructures as a category of IT artifacts. A state-of-the-art review of the literature reveals a growing interest in digital infrastructures but also confirms that the field has yet to put infrastructure at the centre of its research endeavor. To assist this shift we propose three new directions for IS research: (1) theories of the nature of digital infrastructure as a separate type of IT artifact, sui generis; (2) digital infrastructures as relational constructs shaping all traditional IS research areas; (3) paradoxes of change and control as salient IS phenomena. We conclude with suggestions for how to study longitudinal, large-scale sociotechnical phenomena while striving to remain attentive to the limitations of the traditional categories that have guided IS research.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.informs.org/Pubs/ISR
Additional Information: © 2010 Informs
Divisions: Management
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Date Deposited: 28 Jan 2011 14:36
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2024 23:12
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31744

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