This book provides empirically driven discussions and investigations in the relevance of Actor Network Theory (ANT) and its theoretical concepts. As our civilization evolves from a human to a technologically driven society, new socio-technical network of actors in society, industry and government are emerging by the day. These networks of actors collaborate to produce contemporary goods and services; handle production processes; manage risks; develop social and commercial networks; develop policies; manage complexities; and create a new way of life. This book provides unique conceptual tools needed to analyze such processes, highlighting the effectiveness of ANT in fostering collaborations between governments, organizations and society.

The first book of its kind to demonstrate, through contemporary examples and case studies, how Actor Network Theory can be practically applied to contemporary issues Provides cutting-edge analyses of actor network explanations and descriptions of contemporary technological innovations Examines the relevance of the actor network underpinning the journey of human-organizations-technology into the future

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Dr. Idongesit Williams is a Lecturer/Postdoctoral Researcher at CMI, Aalborg University, Copenhagen. He holds a Ph.D. specializing in Telecommunications and Internet Policies, from Aalborg University. The subjects of his numerous research publication are on the digitalization of government services, organizations and society. He is part of the STS research tradition.

Inhalt
1.Contemporary application of ANT: An introduction.- 2.Communicative approaches to risk management in complex systems through the prism of Actor-Network- Theory.- 3.The Act-Shifts between Humans and Nonhumans in Architecture: A Reading of Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory.- 4.The Robots are here.- 5.Developing a Framework for Understanding How Media Entrepreneurs Act: An Actor-Network Perspective.- 6.Institutional E-Learning Implementation: An Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) Perspective.- 7.Iranian Data Protection Policy in Social Media; An Actor-Network Theory Approach.- 8.Different approaches of leadership in multicultural teams through the perspective of Actor Network Theory.- 9.ANT and Mobile network service adoption in banking industry.- 10.Application of Actor-Network Theory To control occupational violence in healthcare facilities.- 11.Actor Network Theory and Networked Organizations, Proposing a Conceptual Framework.- 12.How Actors of Social Networks Affect Differently on theOthers? Addressing the Critique of Equal Importance on Actor-Network Theory by Use of Social Network Analysis.- 13.Analyzing Network of Media Organization, Audiences and ICTs Based on Actor Network Theory: The case of IRIB.- 14.The Interaction between Human and Media in the future of Banking industry.