School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

INLS 887, Seminar in Theory Development
Spring 2013

Theories Adapted to IS from Other Disciplines

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The readings listed here are intended as starting points for learning about particular theories developed in fields/disciplines other than information and library science; they are not intended to be a complete list of the relevant literature. The list of theories included is similarly suggestive, rather than comprehensive.

Social cognitive theory (Bandura)

Sensemaking (Weick)

Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA); Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Diffusion theory (Rogers)

Social network theory

Structuration theory (Giddens)

Transtheoretical model of behavior change

Reader response theory

Activity theory

Distributed cognition

Human information processor model (Card, Moran, & Newell)

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