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Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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Year 2005 
Volume 4 
Issue 1

RISK SENSEMAKING, BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY AND IDENTITIES: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

Robert Gephart
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Eleanor Cohen
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Cagri Topal
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

2005 4 (1) Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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Abstract

This paper investigates sensemaking by rural community residents concerning a large scale, broad band computer network - the Alberta SuperNet. Our goal is to understand the impacts of this broad band network on rural communities and to use critical theory to understand these impacts. Data were collected during 9 town hall meetings held in rural communities. Discussions during the meetings were recorded, transcribed and digitized. We identified key themes in the discussions and focused on opportunities and risks rural residents conceived as emerging from SuperNet. We investigate the personal and collective identities constructed during the town hall meetings. We then interpret the data in terms of Habermasian critical theory and the risk society thesis of Ulrich Beck.

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Gephart, Robert P. & Cohen, Eleanor & Topal, Cagri (2005). RISK SENSEMAKING, BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY AND IDENTITIES: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE. (2005). RISK SENSEMAKING, BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY AND IDENTITIES: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, 4(1), 6-24. (Original work published 2005)

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Gephart, Robert P. and Cohen, Eleanor and Topal, Cagri. “Risk Sensemaking, Broadband Technology And Identities: A Critical Perspective”. 2005. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 6-24.

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Gephart, Robert P. and Cohen, Eleanor and Topal, Cagri. “Risk Sensemaking, Broadband Technology And Identities: A Critical Perspective”. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 4, no. 1 (2005): 6-24.

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