“Merely assuming that information and communication technology (ICT) would foster the spread of democracy was clearly a failed strategy. (…)...

"Some big tech became big by plundering our data without asking for permission (…) we were told that it was necessary for our gadgets ...

More (digital) data about consumers / citizens should be synonym with increased ethical use behaviours, but is it? Image by Monica Pinheiro,...

  «In this picture, commercial surveillance is not merely an unfortunate accident or occasional lapse. It is neither a necessary development...

Fui uma grande entusiasta, no final do século XX e no início do século XXI, de diversas ferramentas, tecnologias e produtos com base na inte...

   "(...) any knowledge we have is dependent on the technology, circumstances, situations, and actions from which it was construct...

"(...) new technologies inherently cause people to reencounter spaces. This is not a question of mediation, but rather one of simultan...

"Technology is messy and complex. It is difficult to define and to understand. In its variety, it is full of contradictions, laden wit...

Eric P.S. Baumer, Morgan G. Ames, Jenna Burrell, Jed R. Brubaker, and Paul Dourish (2015). Why study technology non-use? First Monday, Volu...

Another number of the Forum Qualitative Social Research is out, and although just gave a superficial reading to the table of contents and o...

Olson, Gary M. and Olson, Judith S.(2000). Distance Matters . Human-Computer Interaction , vol. 15(2), pp.139-178. Contradicting the idea t...

"Two virtual places may be "separated" by only a keystroke, but their inhabitants will never meet." Kenneth J. Gergen (2...

Cornford, Tony (2003) Information systems and new technologies: Taking shape in use . In: Avgerou, Chrisanthi and La Rovere, Renata Lèbre, (...

Castells, Manuel (2005). A Sociedade em Rede: do Conhecimento à Política. Gustavo Cardoso & Manuel Castells (Org.) A Sociedade em Rede: ...