Outputs (9)

Ashley Madison (2018)
Book Chapter
Light, B. (2018). Ashley Madison. In J. Morris, & S. Murray (Eds.), Appified. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9391658

As the introduction to this volume indicates, apps are a challenge to study because, among other reasons, they are usually made technically inaccessible to researchers by developers. This chapter is methodological in nature and illustrates the use of... Read More about Ashley Madison.

Producing sexual cultures and pseudonymous publics with digital networks (2016)
Book Chapter
Light, B. (2016). Producing sexual cultures and pseudonymous publics with digital networks. In R. Lind (Ed.), Race and gender in electronic media : challenges and opportunities (231-246). London, UK: Routledge

Since the release of the Grindr app in 2009, interest in digitally mediated public sexual cultures concerning men who have sex with men has increased. Yet, digital mediation of such public sexual cultures through apps had begun more than a decade bef... Read More about Producing sexual cultures and pseudonymous publics with digital networks.

The social and cultural significance of online gaming (2011)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G., Gosling, V., & Light, B. (2011). The social and cultural significance of online gaming. In Online Gaming in Context: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games. London: Routledge

It's not just a game : contemporary challenges for games research and the internet (2011)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G., Gosling, V., & Light, B. (2011). It's not just a game : contemporary challenges for games research and the internet. In Online Gaming in Context: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games. London: Routledge

Spot the difference: an exploratory case study of the simultaneous evaluation of custom and package applications (2008)
Book Chapter
Entwistle, A., & Light, B. (2008). Spot the difference: an exploratory case study of the simultaneous evaluation of custom and package applications. In Z. Irani, & P. Love (Eds.), Evaluating Information Systems. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann

Theorizing masculinity in information systems research (2006)
Book Chapter
Light, B. (2006). Theorizing masculinity in information systems research. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (1160-1165). Pennsylvania: Idea Group Inc. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4

I want to argue that understanding masculinity is an important part of understanding gender and sexuality as it relates to information and communications technologies (ICTs), specifically those under the lens of the information-systems community. In... Read More about Theorizing masculinity in information systems research.

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.

A framework for understanding success and failure in ERP implementation
Book Chapter
Holland, C., & Light, B. A framework for understanding success and failure in ERP implementation. In G. Shanks, P. Seddon, & L. Willcocks (Eds.), Second-Wave Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Implementing for Effectiveness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.2277/0521819024

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