ABSTRACT
It is a truism today to say that we live in a period of unprecedented technological upheaval. The rise of the Internet, the emergence of wireless technologies, the arrival of digital convergence, the proliferation of iPods and other portable devices: these are but some of the technological changes sweeping through our economic, social, and political landscape. As with any such period of innovation, the changes we are witnessing present both opportunities and challenges. The line between “creative destruction” 1 (McKnight, Vaaler, & Katz, 2002; Schumpeter, 1975) and “disruption” 2 (Christensen, 1997) is often a fine one.
