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"Hey, I know what this is!": Cultural Affinities and Early Stage Appropriation of the Emerging Bitcoin Technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2957276.2957279

Published: 13 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

User appropriation can be immensely helpful to bootstrap emerging technologies; but how do new and lesser known technologies attract these earliest adopters? This paper investigates user appropriation of emerging computing technologies, by focusing on Bitcoin, a digital monetary system supported by a peer-to-peer network of computing devices. We conducted in-depth interviews with sixteen Bitcoin community participants in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Baltimore. We describe user appropriation in this case of Bitcoin as a sociocultural journey-from encounter, research and learning, to socialization. We contribute the concept of cultural affinities, including conceptual, contextual and social dimensions, as important mediators leading to early-stage user appropriation.

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"Hey, I know what this is!": Cultural Affinities and Early Stage Appropriation of the Emerging Bitcoin Technology
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. Field studies
2. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Electronic commerce
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