What explains differences in users' inclination to appropriate technology for unconventional purposes?: A preliminary analysis

Antti Salovaara; Sacha Helfenstein; Mikael Wahlström; Antti Oulasvirta

What explains differences in users' inclination to appropriate technology for unconventional purposes? A preliminary analysis

Antti Salovaara, Sacha Helfenstein, Mikael Wahlström, Antti Oulasvirta

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Abstract

It is common to state that inventions of new purposes of use arise in social interaction with other technology users. Social aspects of appropriation have subsequently received a lot more attention than individual users' characteristics in appropriation research. To remedy this imbalance, this paper presents a preliminary analysis of a web survey that charted aspects of digital camera use and individuals' photography orientations and used them as predictors of digital camera appropriation. Gender, technology understanding and exchange of ideas with others proved tentatively the best predictors of appropriation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2009 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
Subtitle of host publication	Designing beyond the Product - Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments
Pages	236-239
Edition	258
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2009
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	ECCE 2009 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing beyond the Product - Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 30 Sept 2009 → 2 Oct 2009

Conference

Conference	ECCE 2009 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing beyond the Product - Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	30/09/09 → 2/10/09

Keywords

Appropriation
User characteristics
Web survey

Access to Document

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1690538

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Salovaara, A., Helfenstein, S., Wahlström, M., & Oulasvirta, A. (2009). What explains differences in users' inclination to appropriate technology for unconventional purposes? A preliminary analysis. In ECCE 2009 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing beyond the Product - Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments (258 ed., pp. 236-239). Article 22 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1690538

Salovaara, Antti ; Helfenstein, Sacha ; Wahlström, Mikael et al. / What explains differences in users' inclination to appropriate technology for unconventional purposes? A preliminary analysis. ECCE 2009 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing beyond the Product - Understanding Activity and User Experience in Ubiquitous Environments. 258. ed. 2009. pp. 236-239

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