Hansen and Flyverbom (2015)Hansen, H. K., & Flyverbom, M. (2015). The politics of transparency and the calibration of knowledge in the digital age. Organization, 22(6), 872-889. doi:10.1177/1350508414522315 https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508414522315...
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They do not conceptualize, but use Gibson (1977)Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. Shaw & J. Bransford (Orgs.). Perceiving, acting and knowing (pp. 67-82). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
as a reference and point out that technologies both enable and restrict actions. |
Emphasis on data analysis, especially on data mining and other algorithms. |
Possibilities of use. |
Madsen (2015)Madsen, A. K. (2015). Between technical features and analytic capabilities: Charting a relational affordance space for digital social analytics. Big Data & Society, 2(1), 1-15. doi:10.1177/2053951714568727 https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951714568727...
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Uses Gibson's (1977Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. Shaw & J. Bransford (Orgs.). Perceiving, acting and knowing (pp. 67-82). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons., 1986)Gibson, J. J. (1986). The ecological approach to visual perception. New Jersey: Taylor & Francis Group. original concept, but the author highlights the set of characteristics that allow certain perceptions and actions. |
Analysis of digital media. |
Use. |
Etzion and Aragon-Correa (2016)Etzion, D., & Aragon-Correa, J. A. (2016). Big data, management, and sustainability. Organization & Environment, 29(2), 147-155. doi:10.1177/1086026616650437 https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026616650437...
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The word affordance appears only in the abstract to explain the alignment of big data and sustainability. |
Emphasis on the diversity of data. |
Possibilities of potential results. |
Williams et al. (2017)Williams, M. L., Burnap, P., & Sloan, L. (2017). Crime sensing with big data: The affordances and limitations of using open-source communications to estimate crime patterns. British Journal of Criminology, 57(2), 320-340. doi:10.1093/bjc/azw031 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azw031...
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They cite characteristics of big data as affordances. |
5 Vs, but including virtue, which refers to the ethical use of data. |
Possibilities of use. |
McCosker (2017)McCosker, A. (2017). Social media work: Reshaping organisational communications, extracting digital value. Media International Australia, 163(1), 122-136. doi:10.1177/1329878X17693702 https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X17693702...
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Gibson's definition and the possibilities of action that the tools offer. |
Capability to collect and analyze social media data. |
Use and results. |
Dremel et al. (2017)Dremel, C., Herterich, M. M., & Spottke, B. (2017). Actualizing affordances: A socio-technical perspective on big data analytics in the automotive sector. Proceedings of International
Conference on Information Systems, Seoul, South Korea, 38.
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Possibilities for action arising from the properties of IT artifacts and actors, as well as their relationships, according to Markus and Silver (2008)Markus, M. L., & Silver, M. S. (2008). A foundation for the study of IT effects: A new look at DeSanctis and Poole’s concepts of structural features and spirit. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 9(10), 609-632. and Strong et al. (2014)Strong, D. M., Johnson, S. A., Trudel, J., Pelletier, L. R., Bar-on, I., & Garber, L. (2014). A theory of organization-EHR affordance actualization. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 15(2), 53-85.. |
Conceptualization from a sociotechnical perspective. For this reason, the affordances considered are tasks. |
Adoption, use, and results. |
Werkhoven (2017)Werkhoven, J. A. (2017). Exploring functional affordances and sensemaking in human resource analytics full paper. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, USA, 23.
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Functional affordances from Markus and Silver (2008)Markus, M. L., & Silver, M. S. (2008). A foundation for the study of IT effects: A new look at DeSanctis and Poole’s concepts of structural features and spirit. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 9(10), 609-632.. |
Analytics as an evidence-based recognition and problem-solving process. |
Results. |
Koch and Peters (2017)Koch, H., & Peters, U. (2017). Shadow analytics. Proceedings of
Americas Conferences on Information Systems, Boston, United States, 23.
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Affordances of technology and constraint theory, to explain the interaction between humans, organizations, and technology. Affordances as enablers, constraints or both. |
Analytics as a process of analysis and use of data. |
Use and results. |
Tian (2017)Tian, X. (2017). Big data and knowledge management: A case of déjà vu or back to the future? Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(1), 113-131. doi:10.1108/JKM-07-2015-0277 https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-07-2015-0277...
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Original concept of affordances and applied to IT, based on Leonardi (2011Leonardi, P. M. (2011). When flexible routines meet flexible technologies: Affordance, constraint, and the imbrication of human and material agencies. MIS Quarterly, 35(1), 147-167. doi:10.2307/23043493 https://doi.org/10.2307/23043493...
, 2013)Leonardi, P. M. (2013). When does technology use enable network change in organizations? A comparative study of feature use and shared affordances. MIS Quarterly, 37(3), 749-775.. |
Affordances are presented as a concept under construction, and it is characterized according to the 5 Vs. |
Possibilities for knowledge management. |
Zelenkauskaite (2017)Zelenkauskaite, A. (2017). Remediation, convergence, and big data. Convergence, 23(5), 512-527. doi:10.1177/1354856516631519 https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856516631519...
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She does not conceptualize, but highlights the interactive technological affordances, generally as possibilities. |
Sum of social media data sources. |
Use. |
Fischer (2017)Fischer, T. C. (2017). Gamification and affordances: How do new affordances lead to gamification in a business intelligence system? In J. Stolfa, S. Stolfa, R. V. O’Connor, & R. Messnarz. Systems, software and services process improvement. London: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64218-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64218-...
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The focus is on actual use, from artifact characteristics and users' goals. |
Tools that support decision-making through analytics. However, the analysis used a traditional BI approach. |
Use. |
Lehrer, Wieneke, vom Brocke, Jung, & Seidel (2018)Lehrer, C., Wieneke, A., Brocke, J. vom, Jung, R., & Seidel, S. (2018). How big data analytics enables service innovation: Materiality, affordance, and the individualization of service. Journal of Management Information Systems, 35(2), 424-460. doi: 10.1080/07421222.2018.1451953 https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2018.14...
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Possibilities of action that arise from the relationship between the materiality of the artifacts and users or groups with organizational objectives. |
Methods and tools for collecting, processing and analyzing large volumes of data generated in social media, allowing for the generation of insights for business. |
Use. |
Aversa, Cabantous, & Haefliger (2018)Aversa, P., Cabantous, L., & Haefliger, S. (2018). When decision support systems fail: Insights for strategic information systems from Formula 1. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 27(3), 221-236. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2018.03.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2018.03.0...
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Aligned with Gibson (1977Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. Shaw & J. Bransford (Orgs.). Perceiving, acting and knowing (pp. 67-82). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons., 1986)Gibson, J. J. (1986). The ecological approach to visual perception. New Jersey: Taylor & Francis Group. and Hutchby (2001)Hutchby, I. (2001). Technologies, texts and affordances. Sociology, 35(2), 441-456. doi:10.1017/S0038038501000219 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003803850100021...
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They do not conceptualize, but their focus on analysis tools is evident. |
Use and results. |