ISBN:
9780415231114
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (413 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Community Informatics : Shaping Computer-mediated Social Networks
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This edited collection brings together some leading exponents of CI around the world and critically evaluates their experiences
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Community informatics: themes and issues; 2 Staten Island stories; 3 Physical place and cyberplace: the rise of networked individualism; 4 Creating community in conspiracy with the enemy; 5 The technological story of a women's centre; 6 The safety Net? Some reflections on the emergence of computer-mediated self-help and social support; 7 Community networks and access for all in the era of the free Internet: 'Discovering the Treasure' of community; 8 On crafting a study of digital community networks: theoretical and methodological considerations
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Community networking in Russia: identifying the research agenda10 Some lessons of social experiments with technology; 11 Change agency and women's learning: new practices in community informatics; 12 Social capital and cyberpower in the African-American community; 13 Online forums as a tool for people-centred governance: experiences from local government in Sweden; 14 Surveillance in the community; 15 The techno-flâneur: tele-erotic re-presentation of women's life spaces; 16 Community informatics, community networks and strategies for flexible networking
Description / Table of Contents:
17 Cultivating society's civic intelligence18 Participating in the information society; 19 Communities and community e-gateways: networking for social inclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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