Social Study of Information Systems

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Most simply The Social Study of Information Systems is interested in people developing and using technology and the "culture" of those people.

SSIS studies these phenomena by drawing on and using "lenses" provided by social sciences, including: Philosophy, Sociology, Social Psychology, Organisational Theory, Political Science.

Contents 1 Key Universities 2 Key People 3 Key Publications 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Key Universities

Key Universities involved in SSIS are: the London School of Economics (LSE), Lancaster University, Warwick University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Case Western Reserve University, the University of Cambridge, Edinburgh University and Harvard University.

[edit] Key People

High profile people in the field are Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford and Shirin Madon (LSE), Wanda Orlikowski (MIT), Shoshana Zuboff (Harvard), Lucas Introna & Lucy Suchman (Lancaster), Joe Nandhakumar (Warwick), Wendy Currie (Warwick), Geoff Walsham (Cambridge), Richard Boland (Case Western), Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western), the late Claudio Ciborra (LSE), and the late Rob Kling (Indiana University).

[edit] Key Publications

• Walsham, G. (1993) Interpreting information systems in organizations, John Wiley, Chichester.
• Zuboff, S. (1988) In the age of the smart machine: The future of work and power, Heinemann Professional, Oxford.

[edit] External links

• http://ccs.mit.edu/Wanda.html
• http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/research/researchFoci/Default.htm

[edit] References

• WJ Orlikowski, JJ Baroudi (1991) 'Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions', Information Systems Research, 1991
• Avgerou C, (2000) ‘Information systems: what sort of science is it?’ Omega, vol 28, pp 567-579