Risk sensemaking, broadband technology and identities: A critical perspective

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2005-01-01

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Gephart, Robert
Cohen, Eleanor
Topal, Çağrı

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This paper investigates sensemaking by rural community residents concerning a large scale, broad band computer network - the Alberta SuperNet. Our goal is to understand the impacts of this broad band network on rural communities and to use critical theory to understand these impacts. Data were collected during 9 town hall meetings held in rural communities. Discussions during the meetings were recorded, transcribed and digitized. We identified key themes in the discussions and focused on opportunities and risks rural residents conceived as emerging from SuperNet. We investigate the personal and collective identities constructed during the town hall meetings. We then interpret the data in terms of Habermasian critical theory and the risk society thesis of Ulrich Beck.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71269

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Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science

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Department of Business Administration, Article

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R. Gephart, E. Cohen, and Ç. Topal, “Risk sensemaking, broadband technology and identities: A critical perspective,” Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science, pp. 6–24, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71269.