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Thinking Big About Going Small: Conceptualizing the Human-Technology Integration Spectrum

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  • Matthew Allen Hawkins

    (BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne, CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur les Entreprises - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne)

  • Anastasia Thyroff
  • Duygu Akdevelioglu

Abstract

As materials are advanced and the distal relationship between consumers and material is diminished, relevant theories (e.g., extended-self and posthumanism) must be revisited to explain the human-technology integration. This research does this by introducing the human technology integration (HTI) spectrum, which describes eight distal levels that material can be integrated within the body (i.e., no contact, touch non-wearable, touch wearable, surface barrier, oral consumption, inhalation, injection, constant contact). We highlight findings of the HTI spectrum by providing relevant examples for each category based on nanotechnology. Well-being, public policy, managerial implications, and future research suggestions are then discussed. This framework helps marketers and policymakers to consider how technology integration impacts the existing institutional political, social, and economic structures and guides them to implement best practices related to human technology integration for consumers and society.

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  • Matthew Allen Hawkins & Anastasia Thyroff & Duygu Akdevelioglu, 2023. "Thinking Big About Going Small: Conceptualizing the Human-Technology Integration Spectrum," Post-Print hal-05846088, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05846088
    DOI: 10.1177/02761467231191078
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