CALL FOR PAPERS POPULAR COMMUNICATION Editors Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ithaca College Norma Pecora, Ohio University Popular Communication, a new journal from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, will publish articles on popular communication texts, artifacts, audiences, events, and practices. Commencing publication in 2003, this peer-reviewed journal will consider all aspects of popular culture that is mediated by or related to mass media. We welcome essays on such topics as: the Internet _ youth culture _ representation _ fandom film _ sports _ spectacles _ sexuality advertising _ consumer culture _ the digital revolution television _ radio _ music _ magazines zines _ dance _ comic books _ computer games The journal welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. Popular Communication is intended for scholars, researchers, and educators in mass communication, advertising, media studies, visual communication, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to readers in family studies, gender studies, race/ethnic studies, sociology, social psychology, women's studies, American studies, and other disciplines with an emphasis on or interest in popular communication. The paper submission deadline for Volume 1, Issue 2, is June 1, 2002. Articles will be reviewed on an ongoing basis for publication in subsequent issues of the journal. Submissions: Submit five hard copies of the manuscript to Dr. Norma Pecora, Co-Editor, Popular Communication, c/o School of Telecommunications, 221 RTV Building, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 (phone: 740-593-4864; fax: 740-593-9184; e-mail: pecora@ohiou.edu). Electronic submissions cannot be accepted. Manuscript Preparation: Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) Double space all material, including title page, abstract, text, quotations, acknowledgments, references, appendixes tables, figure captions, and footnotes. The title page should include the title of the manuscript; names and affiliations of all authors; name address, phone and fax numbers, email address of the corresponding author; and a running head of not more than 48 letters and spaces. Only the title page should contain identifying information. The second page should include the manuscript title, an abstract of 100 to 150 words, and a list of key words for use in indexing. All figures must be camera ready.
I seem to recall speaking with some people in AoIR about issues that Price Waterhouse experienced with their adoption of Lotus Notes. The issue involved corporate or cultural barriers within Price Waterhouse that provided a disincentive for partners to share their knowledge. If this rings a bell and anyone has any reference they could pass on, I would greatly appreciate it. More generally, references to any research on cultural inhibitors to the adoption of collaborative software within corporations would be appreciated. Aldon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/
Friends, This is probably: Orlikowski, Wanda J. 1993. Learning from Notes: Organizational Issues in Groupware Installation. The Information Society vol. 9, no. 237-50. Abstract: This paper explores the introduction of a groupware technology -- Lotus Corporation's Notes(R) -- into one office of a large organization and attempts to understand the changes in work practices and social interaction facilitated by the technology. The results reveal that a number of organizational elements, such as mental models (which affect how people understand and appropriate groupware) and structural properties (reward systems and workplace norms), significantly influence how groupware technology will be interpreted in terms of more familiar personal and stand-alone technologies such as spreadsheets. Further, in competitive and individualistic organizational cultures -- where there are few incentives or norms for cooperating or sharing expertise -- groupware on its own is unlikely to engender collaboration. Such products will be interpreted as being countercultural, and to the extent they are used, they will promote individual, not group aims. Recognizing the significant influences of these organizational elements appears to be critical to both researchers and practitioners of groupware technologies. Aldon Hynes wrote:
I seem to recall speaking with some people in AoIR about issues that Price Waterhouse experienced with their adoption of Lotus Notes. The issue involved corporate or cultural barriers within Price Waterhouse that provided a disincentive for partners to share their knowledge.
If this rings a bell and anyone has any reference they could pass on, I would greatly appreciate it. More generally, references to any research on cultural inhibitors to the adoption of collaborative software within corporations would be appreciated.
Aldon
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