10 Minute I.S. Papers (TMISP)

During COVID-19, we haven't necessarily been great at helping people make sense of what's happening in the world. How can we do better for the next crisis? Mirbabaie M., Bunker D., Stieglitz S., Marx J., & Ehnis C. (2020). 'Social media in times of crisis: Learning from Hurricane Harvey for the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic response', Journal of Information Technology, vol. 35, no. 5, https://...

Our health wearables are effectively a form of self-surveillance. What does this mean for those of us who like to measure and quantify every aspect of our existence? Today's paper: De Moya J.-M. & Pallud J. (2020), 'From panopticon to heautopticon: A new form of surveillance introduced by quantified-self practices', Information Systems Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/isj.12284 10 Minute I.S. Pa...

If the 1918 pandemic was the pandemic of solid modernity, then the 2020 pandemic is the pandemic of liquid modernity. What does this mean for us and our relationship with IS? Today's paper: Doyle R. & Conboy, K. (2020), 'The role of IS in the covid-19 pandemic: A liquid-modern perspective', International Journal of Information Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102184 10 Minute...

The city of Denver is turning itself into a smart city using a living lab approach. What does this mean, and what can we learn about tech projects in general? Today's paper: Bartelt, V. L., Urbaczewski, A., Mueller, A. G., & Sarker, S. (2020), 'Enabling collaboration and innovation in Denver’s smart city through a living lab: a social capital perspective', European Journal of Information Systems....

"Our aim in introducing the concept of “heteromation” is ... to make visible the contributions of those whose labor is not acknowledged, rewarded, and conceptualized in discussions of technology or economy." Today's paper: Ekbia & Nardi (2014), 'Heteromation and its (dis)contents: The invisible division of labour between humans and machines', First Monday, vol. 19, no. 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5210...

All over the world there are researchers who publish the latest cutting-edge ideas and thinking as research papers. But these research papers are very long and use all sorts of terminology. I'm a junior researcher and PhD student in the discipline of Information Systems (I.S.). On this podcast, my goal is to read an I.S. research paper every week and summarise the main points for you, my dear list...