Received: 22 November 2011 Revised: 05 May 2012 2nd Revision: 30 November 2012 3rd Revision: 15 July 2013 Accepted: 15 August 2013 Abstract Several studies explore information security awareness focusing on individual and/ or organisational aspects. This paper argues that security awareness processes are associated with interrelated changes that occur at the organisational, the technological an...

This article explores issues associated with giving non-human actors a voice of their own in actor-network theory based research. What issues arise in doing so? Does doing so increase understanding of the issue to hand, bring to life and make more accessible and interesting the stories of these actors? Or does this anthropomorphism detract from the issues at hand? The authors discuss these broa...

One way to compare different theoretical approaches the study of technologies is see what difference between their narratives construction a particular technology. In this paper, we re-narrate bicycle from perspective actor-network theory (ANT), comparing SCOT’s first account construction. Although SCOT has moved closer later by paying more attention co-construction and materliaty, Pinch Biker ...

Assuming symmetry between human and nonhuman actors is a tenet of actor-network theory (ANT), where an actor can be anyone or anything that modifies a state of affairs. This symmetric perspective entails granting agency attributes to both human and nonhuman actors, an approach that has been often criticised. By means of a combination of research observation and participation, the use of electro...

In today’s information and technology era, new opportunities abound for the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly in less developed regions, for the purpose of addressing healthcare challenges in the provision of quality care to citizens. A key element is poor dissemination of timely knowledge and information to improve public health and support decision making i...

Drawing on actor-network theory (ANT), we traces the translations and ordering processes underlying fast-growing northern lights tourism network in Norway. It also shows how outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020, represented most severe market shock. The results, following a multi-methods qualitative approach, unpack this emerged, accelerated matured through diverse practices, involvin...

The present paper inquires whether a meticulous program designed to resolve Interdisciplinary Societal Dilemmas through dialogic argumentation advances epistemic practices. To delineate how practices are manifested in classroom discussions, we adopted the Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which explores interactions and agencies of human non-human actors. ANT analyses uncover power these actors exert...