Journal
MIS QUARTERLY
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 509-523Publisher
SOC INFORM MANAGE-MIS RES CENT
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2020/14418
Keywords
Digital; digital ecosystems; ontology; ontological reversal; human experience; human values
Funding
- National Science Foundation [1447670]
- Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2018S1A3A2075114]
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1447670] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The classical view of an information system is that it represents and reflects physical reality. We suggest this classical view is increasingly obsolete: digital technologies are now creating and shaping physical reality. We call this phenomenon the ontological reversal. The ontological reversal is where the digital version is created first, and the physical version second (if needed). This ontological reversal challenges us to think about the role of humans and technology in society. It also challenges us to think about our role as IS scholars in this digital world and what it means for our research agendas.
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