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Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change (1999)
Journal Article
Holland, C., Light, B., & Kawalek, P. (1999). Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2(1),

This editorial is an introduction to a focus issue on legacy information systems research that has been conducted under the aegis of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) research programme into systems engineering and bus... Read More about Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.

Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Heinze, A., Light, B., Kiveal, P., & Sethi, T. Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems 15th Annual Conference 2010 “Information Systems: Past, Present and Looking to the Future”, Oriel College, University of Oxford

The lessons learned from the social networking sites and the related research have produced a number of reasons for the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the corporate environment. The users of Web 2.0 technologies such as FaceBook, YouTube and MyS... Read More about Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?.

The social shaping of packaged software selection
Journal Article
Howcroft, D., & Light, B. The social shaping of packaged software selection. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11(3),

As organisations increasingly engage in the selection, purchase, and adoption of packaged software products, how these activities are carried out in practice becomes increasingly relevant for researchers and practitioners. Our focus in this paper i... Read More about The social shaping of packaged software selection.

Contradictions and the appropriation of ERP packages
Book Chapter
Light, B., & Papazafeiropoulou, A. Contradictions and the appropriation of ERP packages. In B. Grabot, A. Mayere, & I. Bazet (Eds.), ERP Systems and Organizational Change: A sociotechnical Insight (85-96). London: Springer

An interpretive field study of packaged software selection processes
Thesis
Light, B. (2003). An interpretive field study of packaged software selection processes. (Thesis). University of Salford

Packaged software is pre-built with the intention of licensing it to users in domestic settings and work organisations. This thesis focuses upon the work organisation where packaged software has been characterised as one of the latest ‘solutions’ to... Read More about An interpretive field study of packaged software selection processes.

Integrating social media for community empowerment : A study of community reporting in two Greater Manchester urban regeneration areas
Thesis
Wattam, E. Integrating social media for community empowerment : A study of community reporting in two Greater Manchester urban regeneration areas. (Thesis). University of Salford

Despite an unshakable belief in the UK in the empowering and regenerating potential of ICTs locating the benefits of digital inclusion initiatives for deprived urban communities has remained elusive. Given social media discourses of empowerment and s... Read More about Integrating social media for community empowerment : A study of community reporting in two Greater Manchester urban regeneration areas.

The impact of libraries as creative spaces
Other
Light, B., Houghton, K., Burgess, J., Klaebe, H., Osborne, R., Cunningham, S., & Hearn, G. The impact of libraries as creative spaces. Brisbane, Australia

Ready access to information through digital media has challenged the perceived societal roles of public libraries. Since the mid 1990s, libraries have reoriented themselves towards public participation beyond lending and reading. Libraries now offer... Read More about The impact of libraries as creative spaces.

Mobile dating and hookup app culture
Book Chapter
Duguay, S., Burgess, J., & Light, B. Mobile dating and hookup app culture. In P. Messaris, & L. Humphreys (Eds.), Digital media, transformations in human communication. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4331-3955-0

This chapter surveys the landscape of mobile dating and hookup apps— understood as media technologies, as businesses, and as sites of social practice. It situates the discussion within the broader contexts of technologically mediated dating and digit... Read More about Mobile dating and hookup app culture.

Covid sex lives : survey 4 report
Report
Hinds, R., Garwood-Cross, L., Moore, K., Hakim, J., Katz, R., Light, B., …Upton, M. Covid sex lives : survey 4 report

This report presents initial findings from the fourth survey of the Covid Sex Lives project. Public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 are translated into media messaging by organisations that target the health of different groups. Th... Read More about Covid sex lives : survey 4 report.