What explains differences in users' inclination to appropriate technology for unconventional purposes?: a preliminary analysis

Authors:
Antti Salovaara;Sacha Helfenstein;Mikael Wahlström;Antti Oulasvirta
Affiliations:
Helsinki University of Technology and University of Helsinki, TKK, Finland;University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology and University of Helsinki, TKK, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology and University of Helsinki, TKK, Finland
Venue:
European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing beyond the Product --- Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments
Year:
2009

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Abstract

It is common to state that inventions of new purposes of use arise in social interaction with other technology users. Social aspects of appropriation have subsequently received a lot more attention than individual users' characteristics in appropriation research. To remedy this imbalance, this paper presents a preliminary analysis of a web survey that charted aspects of digital camera use and individuals' photography orientations and used them as predictors of digital camera appropriation. Gender, technology understanding and exchange of ideas with others proved tentatively the best predictors of appropriation.