In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
Four paradigms of information systems development
Communications of the ACM
Doing critical IS research: the question of methodology
Qualitative research in IS
The Philosophy of Critical Realism—An Opportunity for Information Systems Research
Information Systems Frontiers
Modelling discourse in contested domains: a semiotic and cognitive framework
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Capturing reflexivity modes in IS: A critical realist approach
Information and Organization
Materiality and change: Challenges to building better theory about technology and organizing
Information and Organization
Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction
Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction
Information Technology and the Changing Fabric of Organization
Organization Science
Technological Embeddedness and Organizational Change
Organization Science
Technology, Organization, and Structure---A Morphogenetic Approach
Organization Science
Generative mechanisms for innovation in information infrastructures
Information and Organization
Information Systems Research
Neolithic informatics: The nature of information
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Habermas and information systems research: New directions
Information and Organization
Sociomateriality - Taking the wrong turning?
Information and Organization
Theoretical foundations for the study of sociomateriality
Information and Organization
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The paper argues that semiotics, the theory of signs and symbols, is at the heart of the representation and transmission of information and meaning, and is thus central to communication and information systems, but especially in their contemporary, more virtualized forms. The paper is distinctive in eschewing post-structuralist uses of Saussurian semiotics, and recent theorizations of sociomateriality, instead developing an integrative framework grounded in Habermasian concepts, Peirceian semiotics and an underlying, integrating critical realist philosophy. We develop a semiotic framework to help analyze the complex interactions between three different worlds - the personal, the social and the material. Here semiosis relates to the personal world through the generation and interpretation of signs and messages. It relates to the material world in that all signs must have some form of physical embodiment in order to be signs, and must also be transmitted through some form of physical media. Semiosis relates to the social world in that the connotive aspects of sign systems are social rather than individual - they exist before and beyond the individual's use of signs. The personal, social and material worlds between them bear relationships of sociation, sociomateriality and embodiment. The framework draws on fundamental concepts of information, meaning and embodied cognition. The paper examines critically the implications of this formulation for studying information systems. It discusses commonalities with and departures from other studies, illustrates points with empirical examples, and details how the integrative framework can be utilized.