Markku I. Nurminen
ABSTRACT
In this paper, we address two issues of Critical Computing (CC). The first concern is in the conceptualization of the extended client group of CC when people are faced with information technology in other roles than traditional work roles. The conceptualization suggested in this paper is based on the interpretation of information technology as services and in particular as self-services. The new user is tentatively called as e-Man. The second concern is about emancipation and empowerment of the users that has been one of the ideals of many researchers in CC. The analysis of emancipation is based on the concept of control that defines the organizational actors both as objects and subjects of control. This combination turns out to be one key factor in the analysis of emancipation and related phenomena: dominance, oppression, power, etc.
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