Digital futures: Definition (what), importance (why) and methods (how)
本文界定了数字未来的概念，将其与数字化转型区分，阐述了信息系统领域研究数字未来的重要性，并概述了相关研究方法。
“Digital futures” as a research field that examines diverse, long-term future(s) scenarios influenced by digital technologies has been proposed in information systems. Here, based on the emerging literature on digital futures, we define what this term means, delineate it from related concepts such as digital transformation, articulate why the information systems field should take note and consider the study of digital futures, and provide an overview of approaches.