Adaption & appropiation
11 important questions on Adaption & appropiation
What are two statements of the diffusion of innovations theory?
- Some innovations diffuse widely and quickly; others are weakly or never adopted; some innovations are adopted and later abandoned
- Innovations are adopted by different individuals and are spread at different rate.
On what three types of knowledge does adoption depend on?
Awareness knowledge
Procedural knowledge
Principles knowledge
What are the three FACTORS IN A DIFFUSION PROCESS?
- Characteristics of the innovation
- Characteristics of the adopters
- Features of the setting or context
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What are five characteristics of the innovation
- Relative advantage – Is the innovation better than what was there before?
- Compatibility – Does the innovation fit with the intended audience? (Reinvention)
- Complexity – Is the innovation easy to use?
- Trialability – Can the innovation be tried before making a decision to adopt?
- Observability – Are the results of the innovation visible and easily measurable?
What are the CHARACTERISTIS OF THE INNOVATION through the eyes of (Moore & Benbasat, 1991)?
What are types of innovation-desicions?
- Optional – individual
- Collective
- Authority - based
Which constructs play a significant role as direct determinants of user acceptance and usage behavior?
- Performance expectancy: the degree to which an individual believes that using the system will help him or her to attain gains in job performance
- Effort expectance: the degree of ease associated with the use of the system.
- Social influence: the degree to which an individual perceives that important others believe he or she should use the new system.
- Facilitating conditions: the degree to which an individual believes that an organizational and technical infrastructure exists to support use of the system.
What are the four types of appropriation?
- Limited use ( strategic) people don't use all functions on purpose.
- Limited use ( under use) people dont know or cant use full functionality
- Creative use → unintended use
- Intended use → what the designers intended for it.
What are the five predictors of the advanced use of technology?
- Age
- Level of education
- Respondent’s main activity: employed, housewife, unemployed etc.
- Familytypology: single people, people with children, etc.
- Degree of urbanization: theestimatebytherespondentof
thesizeofhisorherplaceofresidence
What does the research of Fortunati, L., & Taipale, S. (2014) contribute to Rogers’(1962)theoryofthediffusionofinnovation?
Innovatorsandearlyadoptersarefarfrom expressing similar behaviour, as Rogers illustrated. Countries show different behaviour.
How can mobile phone behaviour be differentiated (Wirth et al., 2008)?
- Functional: starting point = users and their needs
- Object-oriented: starting point = functionality of the device
Pragmatic vs. symbolic usage:
- Pragmatic: instrumental
- Symbolic: identity-related
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