Sandra K Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 5775786 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra K Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra K |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Communication; Cal Poly Pomona; Pomona CA 91768 USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5218-2190 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 226 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Organizational Media Affordances: Operationalization and Associations with Media Use
The concept of affordances has been increasingly applied to the study of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational contexts. However, almost no research operationalizes affordances, limiting comparisons and programmatic research. This article briefly reviews conceptualizations and possibilities of affordances in general and for media, then introduces the concept of organizational media affordances as organizational resou…
Staying Ahead of the Digital Tsunami: The Contributions of an Organizational Communication Approach to Journalism in the Information Age
This essay addresses the challenges facing journalism in the information age by advocating for the study of journalism from an organizational communication perspective. The communication field has maintained an illogical divide between journalism and organizational communication scholarship. First, I present an overview of subdisciplinary identities. Second, I argue for an organizational communication approach to the study of journalism and refer…
Making Sense of Innovation: Process, product, and storytelling innovation in public service broadcasting organizations
“Innovation” is a ubiquitous and value-laden term in many journalism organizations, and one that is often ill-defined or unquestioned. This study examines the management and meaning of innovation within public radio organizations. The question I address is, how do employees and managers make sense of innovation within their organizations in relation to a rapidly evolving digital media environment? I apply an interdisciplinary body of literature o…
Explicating Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Affordances in Communication Research
This study aims to clarify inconsistencies regarding the term affordances by examining how affordances terminology is used in empirical research on communication and technology. Through an analysis of 82 communication-oriented scholarly works on affordances, we identify 3 inconsistencies regarding the use of this term. First, much research describes a particular affordance without engaging other scholarship addressing that affordance. Second, sev…
Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships
This study examines the distinction between power imbalance and mutual dependence to better understand how NGOs manage resource dependencies in their relationships with civil society partners. The NGO leaders we interviewed emphasized mutual dependence in the relationships they developed with other NGOs regarding access to financial and information resources. In contrast, discourse about their relationships with IGOs focused on the acquisition of…
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Connecting adaptation and strategy: The role of evolutionary theory in scenario planning
Explicating Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Affordances in Communication Research
This study aims to clarify inconsistencies regarding the term affordances by examining how affordances terminology is used in empirical research on communication and technology. Through an analysis of 82 communication-oriented scholarly works on affordances, we identify 3 inconsistencies regarding the use of this term. First, much research describes a particular affordance without engaging other scholarship addressing that affordance. Second, sev…
Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships
This study examines the distinction between power imbalance and mutual dependence to better understand how NGOs manage resource dependencies in their relationships with civil society partners. The NGO leaders we interviewed emphasized mutual dependence in the relationships they developed with other NGOs regarding access to financial and information resources. In contrast, discourse about their relationships with IGOs focused on the acquisition of…
Making Sense of Innovation: Process, product, and storytelling innovation in public service broadcasting organizations
“Innovation” is a ubiquitous and value-laden term in many journalism organizations, and one that is often ill-defined or unquestioned. This study examines the management and meaning of innovation within public radio organizations. The question I address is, how do employees and managers make sense of innovation within their organizations in relation to a rapidly evolving digital media environment? I apply an interdisciplinary body of literature o…
Connecting adaptation and strategy: The role of evolutionary theory in scenario planning
Autorinnen und Autoren
Connecting adaptation and strategy: The role of evolutionary theory in scenario planning
Staying Ahead of the Digital Tsunami: The Contributions of an Organizational Communication Approach to Journalism in the Information Age
This essay addresses the challenges facing journalism in the information age by advocating for the study of journalism from an organizational communication perspective. The communication field has maintained an illogical divide between journalism and organizational communication scholarship. First, I present an overview of subdisciplinary identities. Second, I argue for an organizational communication approach to the study of journalism and refer…
Making Sense of Innovation: Process, product, and storytelling innovation in public service broadcasting organizations
“Innovation” is a ubiquitous and value-laden term in many journalism organizations, and one that is often ill-defined or unquestioned. This study examines the management and meaning of innovation within public radio organizations. The question I address is, how do employees and managers make sense of innovation within their organizations in relation to a rapidly evolving digital media environment? I apply an interdisciplinary body of literature o…
Explicating Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Affordances in Communication Research
This study aims to clarify inconsistencies regarding the term affordances by examining how affordances terminology is used in empirical research on communication and technology. Through an analysis of 82 communication-oriented scholarly works on affordances, we identify 3 inconsistencies regarding the use of this term. First, much research describes a particular affordance without engaging other scholarship addressing that affordance. Second, sev…
Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships
This study examines the distinction between power imbalance and mutual dependence to better understand how NGOs manage resource dependencies in their relationships with civil society partners. The NGO leaders we interviewed emphasized mutual dependence in the relationships they developed with other NGOs regarding access to financial and information resources. In contrast, discourse about their relationships with IGOs focused on the acquisition of…
Organizational Media Affordances: Operationalization and Associations with Media Use
The concept of affordances has been increasingly applied to the study of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational contexts. However, almost no research operationalizes affordances, limiting comparisons and programmatic research. This article briefly reviews conceptualizations and possibilities of affordances in general and for media, then introduces the concept of organizational media affordances as organizational resou…
Computer Science (7 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Affordance (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Conceptualization (2 works) · Economics (2 works)