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We report quantitative measures of factors that inºuence technology acceptance among intermediaries delivering

government-supplied essential commodities to citizens in Chhattisgarh, India. Using the method of partial least

squares, we validate and extend the Uniªed Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, ªnding evidence for

the effect of social inºuence, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy on salespersons’ satisfaction with the

adoption of point-of-sale machines mandated by the Chhattisgarh government. Further, the moderating effects of

age, experience with technology, work experience, and educational attainment on the factors that inºuence satisfaction are assessed. Key recommendations are drawn for research and practice on intermediation …

What happens when more-than-human digital acts tell us something about ourselves? This article examines the ways in which the algorithms of data analytics function in relation to other ontologies and assemblages and how they are shaping and forming our lives. Beginning by critically questioning the ontology of data, data are argued to be an assemblage that is materially and discursively produced from a multiplicity of apparatuses including sociopolitical relations of power and “difference.” The concept of algo-ritmo—that is, the repetition of data with alterity—is introduced as a way of understanding how the performative acts of the “soft(ware) thinking” of algorithms …

Introduction to special issue.

Centralized online real-time electronic Public Distribution System (COREPDS) is one of the various technological and administrative reforms introduced by state government of Chhattisgarh to empower beneficiary. COREPDS allows the beneficiary to choose fair price shop where they can purchase subsidized commodities. Salespersons’ working in the fair price shops are the primary operators of point-of-sale (POS) devices introduced in COREPDS. The fact that adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is mandatory in egovernance makes it important to study technology satisfaction. In this research note, we propose to investigate the relationship between fair price shop performance after the implementation of point-of-sale …