Valuing digital possessions: the role of affordances
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Title
Valuing digital possessions: the role of affordances
Subject
digital possession, affordances, value, meaning, appropriation postphenomenology
Description
In this article, we introduce an affordance-orientated approach for the study of digital possessions. We identify affordances as a source of value
for digital possessions and argue that dominant meaning-orientated approaches do not enable us to fully appreciate these sources of value. Our
work recognizes that value is released and experienced in “the doing”—people must do things with digital objects to locate and obtain value in
and from them. We distinguish three levels of affordance for digital possessions—low, mid, and high—and introduce the concept of digital incor-
poration to explain how the three levels of affordances come together, with the individual’s own intentionality to enable the achievement of
goals. We draw from postphenomenological interviews with 47 individuals in the UK to provide a possession-based and lived experience
approach to affordances that sheds new light on their vital role in everyday life and goals.
for digital possessions and argue that dominant meaning-orientated approaches do not enable us to fully appreciate these sources of value. Our
work recognizes that value is released and experienced in “the doing”—people must do things with digital objects to locate and obtain value in
and from them. We distinguish three levels of affordance for digital possessions—low, mid, and high—and introduce the concept of digital incor-
poration to explain how the three levels of affordances come together, with the individual’s own intentionality to enable the achievement of
goals. We draw from postphenomenological interviews with 47 individuals in the UK to provide a possession-based and lived experience
approach to affordances that sheds new light on their vital role in everyday life and goals.
Creator
Janice Denegri-Knott1,*, Rebecca Jenkins1
, Siaˆ n Lindley2
, Siaˆ n Lindley2
Source
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmac019
Date
1 September 2022
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Collection
Citation
Janice Denegri-Knott1,*, Rebecca Jenkins1
, Siaˆ n Lindley2, “Valuing digital possessions: the role of affordances,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 20, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8642.