Reading Digital Denmark

IT Reports as Material-Semiotic Actors

Bibliographic Data

ID5337350
AuthorsC B Jensen (0000-0002-3216-9762), Peter Lauritsen (Aarhus University)
Year2005
Volume30
Issue3
Pages352-373
Publication date2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0162243904273449
OpenAlexW2059916509
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited30

During the past decade, several governmental reports have discussed how information technology can transform Danish society. Most important among these reports is Digital Denmark from 1999.In this article, the authors examine how to analyze Digital Denmark by considering two strategies for engaging reports. The first aims at uncovering and making explicit hidden assumptions or ideologies in the text. This approach is called "reading against the text." The second approach-inspired by science, technology, and society studies-considers where a text goes and what it does rather than how to critically interpret it. Texts may be read as material-semiotic actors, having effects on their environment that exceed or bypass discussions of content or motivation. This approach is called "reading with the text," and the authors argue that traveling with Digital Denmark makes visible the limitations of critical analyses, while adding agency to the report as it moves in between practices

Art · Close reading · Critical reading · Danish · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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