Sharrock and Button … and Much Ado about Nothing

Authors:
Kalle Lyytinen;Ojelanki Ngwenyama
Affiliations:
Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä SF-40 100 Finland;Department of Information Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, and Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Venue:
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Year:
1999

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Abstract

The paper discusses Sharrock‘s and Button‘s criticism of our attemptto use Habermas‘ communicative action theory to analyze group workplatforms. We demonstrate that they misconstrue our goals of the paper,misinterpret our analysis of Habermas‘ action types, and misunderstandthe concept of critical science. At the end we question the usefulnessof these types of debates in furthering CSCW research.