It is not easy to be Iranian in 2026, neither inside the country nor beyond its borders. The dread of war compounds the grief for lives lost in the streets, and beneath it all burns a deep, unrelenting hatred for the terrorist Islamic thugs who seized power and never let go. No mind can fully grasp all these pieces and arrange them into something coherent, least...
Complex contagion and collective deliberation have operated hand in hand to mobilize the people of Iran toward a unified opposition movement. Looking back at the long history of the opposition movement, multiple voices and ideas have been active, each reflecting different attitudes toward change and alternative futures. Many of these currents, however, lacked a clear and practical agenda, as well as a sustainable and robust base...
What happens when the stories, rituals, and ideas that define a community are told and retold across generations, or shared in seconds online? Culture is more than a collection of customs. It is the living fabric of shared meanings, beliefs, and behaviors that hold societies together. Moreover, like all living systems, it changes. As it moves from person to person, or now from screen to screen,...
The Information Systems (IS) research is positioned to study the enabling technologies for businesses and societies, especially the socio-technical relationship that emerges 1, both from the perspective of economic, organizational, and behavioral theories, as well as the design of new artifacts that can serve organizational and societal purposes 2,3. In this regard, Rai (2018), the former editor-in-chief of MIS Quarterly identifies the four following traditions or...