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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are happy to announce that Volume 12 Issue 1 of the
Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA) has been
published. The articles can be accessed on the AIS Electronic Library at <a
href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/jitta/">http://aisel.aisnet.org/jitta/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the current issue we publish two research articles that
relate to the behavior and involvement of the user. The first article (Galluch
and Thatcher 2011) examines user intentions in the context of internet
technology in the classroom. The paper defines faithful and maladaptive
use and proposes a model that incorporates several predictors for internet use
intentions based on constructs from the technology diffusion literature.
The authors empirically test the model using data from 353 respondents using <st1:Street
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(PLS). The results support different sets of predictors for faithful and
maladaptive use; the study therefore demonstrates that the intention to
cyber-slack differs from the intention to use. The contributions of this
article have practical implications for the use of technology in the classroom
and also call for further research on maladaptive system use.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The second article (Tuunanen et al. 2011) uses a design
science approach to propose a requirements engineering procedure that helps to
engage blind users in requirements collection. The procedure incorporates
techniques that account for the needs of this user group. The paper
demonstrates the use of the proposed procedures in a requirements collection
effort for mobile service applications. The study evaluates the proposed
procedure using a follow-up survey to the requirements collection effort,
concluding that the major objectives of the procedure were met. The
proposed procedure is a first step towards making requirements engineering more
accessible to blind users; the article calls for additional research towards
this goal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>REFERENCES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Galluch, P.S. and J. Thatcher, “Maladaptive vs.
Faithful Use of Internet Applications in the Classroom: An Empirical
Examination,” Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application
(JITTA), 2011, 12:1, pp. 5- 22.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tuunanen, T., K. Peffers, and <st1:place w:st="on">S. Hebler</st1:place>,
“Designed Procedures for Engineering System Feature Requirements with
Users Who Are Blind,” Journal of Information Technology Theory and
Application (JITTA), 2011, 12:1, pp. 23-44.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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