Objective The increased reliance on digital technologies to deliver healthcare as a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic has meant pre-existing disparities in digital access and utilisation …

Through this chapter, we introduce and explain the sociotechnical premise relative to the
study of information systems (IS). The sociotechnical premise can be articulated as (1) the …

Citizen users play important roles in the acceleration phase of energy transitions, during
which small-scale renewable energy technologies (S-RET) become taken up more widely …

Highlights•People do not only purchase and use products; they design, appropriate and
innovate.•Research on active users in different fields highlight different characteristics.•We …

In recent years, computer and Internet technologies have broadened the ways that people
can stay in touch. Through interviews with parents and grandparents, we examined how …

Survey data confirms that health information is very popular with internet users yet relatively
little qualitative social science research has been conducted about how people incorporate …

Drawing on ideas from the sustainable livelihoods approach to poverty reduction and the
concept of technology appropriation, this article discusses findings from a mixed methods …

The cryptocurrency market is very young, volatile, and highly risky. By the end of 2020, a
new bull run started, and the prices of several cryptocurrencies reached record-breaking …

This book addresses the rapidly changing citizen roles in innovation, technology adoption,
intermediation, market creation, and legitimacy building for low-carbon solutions. It links …

One of the great societal challenges that we face today concerns the move to more
sustainable patterns of energy consumption, reflecting the need to balance both individual …