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What is Domestication Theory

Handbook of Research on Comparative Approaches to the Digital Age Revolution in Europe and the Americas
An approach in science and technology studies and media studies that describes the processes by which innovations, especially new technology is 'tamed' or appropriated by its users. First, technologies are integrated into everyday life and adapted to daily practices. Secondly, the user and its environment change and adapt accordingly. Thirdly, these adaptations feedback into innovation processes in industry, shaping the next generation of technologies and services.
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Living inside the NET: The Primacy of Interactions and Processes
Brasilina Passarelli (School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Francisco Carlos Paletta (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8740-0.ch001
Abstract
Internet is one of the biggest revolutions throughout the history of mankind. It has been opening minds, flourishing new abilities and creating social inclusion chances, helping to lead people to economical growth and a feel of purpose. Internet and its branches also bring issues, inherent to the ways of production, share ability and copyright, empowerment and other new challenges. This paper aims to highlight some examples of researchers regarding their studies on literacy (and illiteracy) in the WEB, inviting readers to think about the creative usage of Internet, facing it as much more than a mere tool: as a rich and challenging part of our lives, questioning the thoughts that usually leads us to “on” and “offline” categories. This classification seems to do not answer today's problems any longer, specially with the Internet of Things and Big Data reaching critical mass. Experiences with the School of the Future Research Laboratory – USP and more episodes are expounded, composing a peculiar landscape of the Internet as part of development of new skills and ways of thinking the world and mankind.
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What Use is Domestication Theory to Information Systems Research?
A theory developed by Silverstone et al (1994) to interpret how technologies become part of everyday life.
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