The ubiquity and utility of resistance: Codesign and personalization of information systems

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2005, Pages 321-334

  Wilson, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Codesign; Critical; Domestication; Innofusion; Personalization; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCEPTANCE; CO-DESIGNS; CRITICAL; DOMESTICATION; INNOFUSION; PERSONALIZATIONS;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84902993936     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28918-6_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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