Difference between revisions of "Sharrock-Button1997a"

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "{{BibEntry |BibType=ARTICLE |Author(s)=Wes Sharrock; Graham Button; |Title=On the Relevance of Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action for CSCW |Tag(s)=EMCA; Habermas; Grou...")
 
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
 
|BibType=ARTICLE
 
|BibType=ARTICLE
 
|Author(s)=Wes Sharrock; Graham Button;
 
|Author(s)=Wes Sharrock; Graham Button;
|Title=On the Relevance of Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action for CSCW
+
|Title=On the relevance of Habermas’ theory of communicative action for CSCW
 
|Tag(s)=EMCA; Habermas; Groupware; Social action; Communicative action
 
|Tag(s)=EMCA; Habermas; Groupware; Social action; Communicative action
 
|Key=Sharrock-Button1997a
 
|Key=Sharrock-Button1997a
 
|Year=1997
 
|Year=1997
 
|Language=English
 
|Language=English
|Journal=Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
+
|Journal=Computer Supported Cooperative Work
 
|Volume=6
 
|Volume=6
 
|Number=4
 
|Number=4
|Pages=369-89
+
|Pages=369–389
|Abstract=Abstract. We examine the argument put forward by Ojelanki Nygwenyama and Kalle Lyytinen
+
|URL=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1008644224566
that Juergen Habermas’ theory of communicative action is relevant for the analysis and design of groupware systems. We suggest that CSCW champions of Habermas often overlook the fact that his theory can be criticised in its own right, and go on to outline its contestable character in an appraisal of his understanding of the ‘ideal speech situation’. We then move to Nygwenyama and Lyytinen’s implementation of Habermas’ schema and argue that their categories of analysis are both arbitrarily constructed and applied. In conclusion, we question the extent to which grand, holistic, synthesising sociological theories offer a way forward for designers and point to the difficulties of practically
+
|DOI=10.1023/A:1008644224566
applying Nygwenyama and Lyytinen’s categories of analysis.
+
|Abstract=We examine the argument put forward by Ojelanki Nygwenyama andKalle Lyytinen that Juergen Habermas's theory of communicativeaction is relevant for the analysis and design of groupwaresystems. We suggest that CSCW champions of Habermas oftenoverlook the fact that his theory can be criticised in itsown right, and go on to outline its contestable character inan appraisal of his understanding of the ‘ideal speech situation’.We then move to Nygwenyama and Lyytinen's implementation ofHabermas's schema and argue that their categories of analysisare both arbitrarily constructed and applied. In conclusion,we question the extent to which grand, holistic, synthesisingsociological theories offer a way forward for designers andpoint to the difficulties of practically applying Nygwenyamaand Lyytinen's categories of analysis.
 
}}
 
}}

Latest revision as of 22:56, 26 October 2019

Sharrock-Button1997a
BibType ARTICLE
Key Sharrock-Button1997a
Author(s) Wes Sharrock, Graham Button
Title On the relevance of Habermas’ theory of communicative action for CSCW
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA, Habermas, Groupware, Social action, Communicative action
Publisher
Year 1997
Language English
City
Month
Journal Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Volume 6
Number 4
Pages 369–389
URL Link
DOI 10.1023/A:1008644224566
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

We examine the argument put forward by Ojelanki Nygwenyama andKalle Lyytinen that Juergen Habermas's theory of communicativeaction is relevant for the analysis and design of groupwaresystems. We suggest that CSCW champions of Habermas oftenoverlook the fact that his theory can be criticised in itsown right, and go on to outline its contestable character inan appraisal of his understanding of the ‘ideal speech situation’.We then move to Nygwenyama and Lyytinen's implementation ofHabermas's schema and argue that their categories of analysisare both arbitrarily constructed and applied. In conclusion,we question the extent to which grand, holistic, synthesisingsociological theories offer a way forward for designers andpoint to the difficulties of practically applying Nygwenyamaand Lyytinen's categories of analysis.

Notes