TY - JOUR
T1 - A dynamic perspective of internet service provider adoption of emergent network technology
T2 - A case study of tribal digital village
AU - Canevez, Richard
AU - Maitland, Carleen
AU - Rantanen, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
small-scale project to a fully fledged ISP. TDV primarily operates as a nonprofit organization, with revenues generated from subscriptions, grants, and support from its parent organization SCTCA. Its network covers over 80 linear miles from the Pala Indian Reservation to the Campo Indian Reservation approaching the United States–Mexico border. As of 2015, TDV has provided internet access at some point over the organization’s lifetime to over half of the approximately 3,000 homes located in partner communities of the SCTCA, although at that time only 354 houses were receiving TDV internet coverage.49
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Technological mediation describes the process where internet service providers (ISPs) translate telecommunications network innovations from the "technological frontier" to their particular commercial context. Although the original conception defined three obstacles during this process (technical, commercial, and structural), how these obstacles unfold has yet to be fully investigated. Using a qualitative case study with a rural ISP, we identify extensions to the model, in particular emotional response during mediation and their relationship to the dynamic elements mediation process. This illuminates how commercial market maturation impacts the organizations adopting these technologies, and the impacts of experience on the dynamic nature of technological mediation.
AB - Technological mediation describes the process where internet service providers (ISPs) translate telecommunications network innovations from the "technological frontier" to their particular commercial context. Although the original conception defined three obstacles during this process (technical, commercial, and structural), how these obstacles unfold has yet to be fully investigated. Using a qualitative case study with a rural ISP, we identify extensions to the model, in particular emotional response during mediation and their relationship to the dynamic elements mediation process. This illuminates how commercial market maturation impacts the organizations adopting these technologies, and the impacts of experience on the dynamic nature of technological mediation.
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U2 - 10.5325/JINFOPOLI.10.2020.0083
DO - 10.5325/JINFOPOLI.10.2020.0083
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85091845924
VL - 10
SP - 83
EP - 122
JO - Journal of Information Policy
JF - Journal of Information Policy
SN - 2381-5892
ER -