Editorial: The Value of Classic Works in our Field

Citation

Albert M & Webster W (2023) Editorial: The Value of Classic Works in our Field. Information Polity, 28 (3), pp. 315-316. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239010

Abstract
First paragraph: As Editors-in-Chief of the journal Information Polity, we have been active in this field of study since the 1990s. We are both over 50 years old (just) and may not always understand all the details of current technological developments as well as younger scholars. At the same time, we sometimes feel that we are confronted with the same naïve, optimistic expectations about technology that we have heard many times before. We enjoy learning from publications about new technological developments, but in this editorial we would like to make a plea for strengthening the connections between current research and older classic studies. We believe that connecting latest insights to foundational theories is the key to strong academic work (see Meijer & Löfgren (2015) for a quick overview).

Keywords
Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science; Communication; Information Systems

Journal
Information Polity: Volume 28, Issue 3

People

Professor William Webster

Personal Chair, Management, Work and Organisation