Everyday ICT Consumption and Sustainability

Information and communication technology (ICT) is increasingly penetrating everyday life, and individual consumption is driving the diffusion of technology: ICT emerges in the consumer market and then spreads from there to private and public organizations. All consumption leaves a footprint, and information technology is not an exception. Hence, there is a growing need to understand how everyday ICT consumption can contribute to the goal of human–ecosystem equilibrium. This involves not only the individual’s interaction with the technology but also design, organization, and operation of information systems that are part and parcel of the mundane.

This Special Issue aims to open a debate on how everyday ICT consumption influences the human–ecosystem equilibrium. We are seeking to achieve a versatile discussion on consumer ICT–sustainability relationship and will, thus, welcome contributions from a variety of perspectives, such as ICT adoption, use, and discontinuance, ICT lifestyles and ethical consumerism, green consumer ICT, behavior change support systems for sustainable consumption, ICT in distance work, ICT in urban planning and transport, and any other topic where everyday ICT use relates to sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Anssi Öörni
Dr. Anna Sell
Guest Editors

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