Critical Theory as a foundation for Pragmatic Information Systems Design
This paper considers how designers of information systems and end-user perspectives, communication models and linguistic behaviors differ. A critique of these differences is made by applying Habermas's communicative action principles. An empirical study of human-human information seeking, based...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Borås
2001-01-01
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Series: | Information Research: An International Electronic Journal |
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Online Access: | http://informationr.net/ir/6-2/paper98.html |
Summary: | This paper considers how designers of information systems and end-user perspectives, communication models and linguistic behaviors differ. A critique of these differences is made by applying Habermas's communicative action principles. An empirical study of human-human information seeking, based on those principles, indicates which behaviors are predictors of successful interactions and so are candidate behaviors may be integrated into computerized information systems. |
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ISSN: | 1368-1613 |