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From Becoming to Being Digital

From Becoming to Being Digital 1IntroductionWhen the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus first made headlines in late 2019, few imagined how drastically the world would change. Since then, many countries have gone through various phases and intensities of lockdown, and people, organizations, and societies have had to find new ways to keep often taken-for-granted everyday behaviors going – from shopping to cultural activities or even everyday social interactions. Digital technologies – especially communication and collaboration tools that make use of the Internet – played a central role in enabling contact and exchange even at times when physical contact was severely limited.For many, these limitations and their impacts were also felt in the professional context. In particular, in the first half of 2021, employers in many European countries and all around the world were prohibited from allowing their employees to continue coming into the office. As a consequence, the digitization of the economy – and with it large parts of society – has experienced an intense acceleration since the end of 2019 [11]. Following Wade et al. [17], all sectors – with the exception of those particularly affected by the lockdown measures, such as tourism and transportation – have experienced a strong digitalization push since the start of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png i-com de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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2196-6826
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2196-6826
DOI
10.1515/icom-2021-0035
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1IntroductionWhen the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus first made headlines in late 2019, few imagined how drastically the world would change. Since then, many countries have gone through various phases and intensities of lockdown, and people, organizations, and societies have had to find new ways to keep often taken-for-granted everyday behaviors going – from shopping to cultural activities or even everyday social interactions. Digital technologies – especially communication and collaboration tools that make use of the Internet – played a central role in enabling contact and exchange even at times when physical contact was severely limited.For many, these limitations and their impacts were also felt in the professional context. In particular, in the first half of 2021, employers in many European countries and all around the world were prohibited from allowing their employees to continue coming into the office. As a consequence, the digitization of the economy – and with it large parts of society – has experienced an intense acceleration since the end of 2019 [11]. Following Wade et al. [17], all sectors – with the exception of those particularly affected by the lockdown measures, such as tourism and transportation – have experienced a strong digitalization push since the start of

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i-com – de Gruyter

Published: Dec 1, 2021

Keywords: digital; digitalization; post-digital; digital futures; digital transformation; media; information systems; organizations; psychology

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