What is Digital about Digital Innovation? An Ontological Discussion of Digitality
- "Digital" is a popular adjective for concepts related to electronic, computerized or networked processes in current research and practice. From an ontological-theoretical perspective, the prevalence of digital things triggers the question, how Digitality itself could be conceptualized. This article studies the ontology of Digitality and consequently discusses Digital Innovation (DI) from a new perspective. First, literature on Digitality is analyzed. Based on the findings, an ontological"Digital" is a popular adjective for concepts related to electronic, computerized or networked processes in current research and practice. From an ontological-theoretical perspective, the prevalence of digital things triggers the question, how Digitality itself could be conceptualized. This article studies the ontology of Digitality and consequently discusses Digital Innovation (DI) from a new perspective. First, literature on Digitality is analyzed. Based on the findings, an ontological conceptual framework of Digitality (OCFD) is proposed. It describes four layers of Digitality: physical foundations, virtuality, digital culture and world, and digital metaphysics. From a human perspective, requirements to grasp and embody Digitality are highlighted, as well as the expansion of reality. Finally, Digitality is discussed as a paradigm of DI and exemplary digital phenomena are projected onto the OCFD. This paper contributes to DI research and practice through theory-building towards a better understanding of ontological characteristics and practical implications of Digitality in DI.…
Author: | Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg |
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Parent Title (English): | Konferenz: 29th Americas Conference on Information Systems |
Publisher: | Panama City, Panama |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Publishing: | 2023 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2024/02/23 |
Release Date: | 2024/04/23 |
Institutes: | Fachbereich Wirtschaft |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 |