ISBN:
0415301947
,
0415301955
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 263 p)
,
ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Community Practice in the Network Society : Local Action / Global Interaction
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Digital divide
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Information technology Social aspects
;
Information society
;
Social action
;
Communities
;
Social participation
Abstract:
Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT research methodologies
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Community practice: an alternative vision of the network society; The network society: issues and exigencies; Globalization, cyberspace and the public sphere; Cybersobriety: how a commercially driven Internet threatens the foundations of democratic self-governance and what to do about it; Welcome to 1927: the creation of property rights and Internet domain name policy in historical perspective; The changing online landscape: from free-for-all to commercial gatekeeping
Description / Table of Contents:
Snapshots of community practiceICTs for health promotion in the community: a participative approach; Cybercafes and national elites: constraints on community networking in Latin America; ~Informationalizing~ El Salvador: participatory design of a national information and ICT strategy; Social cyberpower in the everyday life of an African American community: a report on action-research in Toledo, Ohio; An emerging community technology research agenda; A human rights perspective on the digital divide: a human right to communicate
Description / Table of Contents:
An asset-based approach to community building and community technologyCommunity network development and user participation; Community Informatics Systems: a meeting place for useful research; Conclusion; Integrating practice, policy, and research; Bibliography; Index
Note:
"Result of the 7th 'Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing' (DIAC) Symposium which was held in Seattle in 2000"--Pref
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-254) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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