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7. Applying Actor Network Theory and Managing Controversy

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Actor Network Theory has been applied in the IS research for over a decade. However, when applying ANT, IS researchers still face difficulties in convincing the academic community of the importance and contribution of their analysis. This chapter reviews some of the key concepts and propositions of ANT, the most common criticism ANT-based IS research would receive from sceptic reviewers and suggests possible ways to deal with it.

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This view has been criticised particularly from mainstream Sociology and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK), for examples see Bloor (1999), Collins and Yearley (1992a, b), Pels (1995)

For more details and application of this concept see Elbanna (2010b)

For more details and application of this concept see Elbanna (2010a)

Parts of this section have been adapted from Elbanna (2009)

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Titel: Applying Actor Network Theory and Managing Controversy
verfasst von: Amany Elbanna
Verlag: Springer New York
Buch: Information Systems Theory
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-9706-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-9707-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9707-4_7

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