A socio-psychological conceptualisation of overtourism

Socio-psychological simulation

Socio-psychological reconstruction as a qualitative method

1. The communication model Communication is not simply just information processing from a sender to a recipient. It is an interactive process that has its own specific dynamics by which the communicators themselves become entangled in the topic of the communication. The meaning of any message results from the context in which it is placed and can be understood on three different levels. Take a ...

The many facets of communication – a socio-pragmatic conceptualisation for information systems studies

Development and usage of information systems (IS) involve communication. There is a need for theories and frameworks on communication for IS research studies. This paper presents a socio-pragmatic framework on communication intended to be used for different kinds of IS research; e.g. for human communication during IS development and for usage of IS. The framework builds upon the principle of co...

Socio-Instrumental Pragmatism: A Theoretical Synthesis for Pragmatic Conceptualisation in Information Systems

A need for pragmatic conceptualisation and theorizing in the information systems field is acknowledged. Instead of “importing” completed action theories from reference disciplines an alternative approach is preferred. In order to arrive at seamless theorizing in IS, a theoretical synthesis of different action aspects is developed well adapted to the IS field. The theoretical roots and some esse...

Socio-psychological determinants of public acceptance of technologies: A review

Historically, many technologies have been associated with societal controversies, leading to public rejection of their use. It is therefore important to understand the psychological determinants of societal acceptance of emerging technologies. Socio-psychological determinants of public acceptance of 10 (controversial) technologies are reviewed. The results indicate that there has been an increa...