Community informatics : enabling communities with information and communications technologies /

Community informatics : enabling communities with information and communications technologies /

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Imprint:Hershey [Pa.] : Idea Group Pub., c2000.
Description:iii, 596 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Community life -- Technological innovations.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Electronic villages (Computer networks)
Information society.
Community life -- Technological innovations.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Electronic villages (Computer networks)
Information society.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4287268
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Other authors / contributors:Gurstein, Michael.
ISBN:1878289691 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Community Informatics: Enabling Community Uses of Information and Communications Technology
  • Background and Issues
  • Chapter I. The Access Rainbow: Conceptualizing Universal Access to the Information/Communications Infrastructure
  • Chapter II. Requirements for a Regional Information Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities--The Case for Community Informatics
  • Chapter III. Embedding the Net: Community Empowerment in the Age of Information
  • Understanding the Context of CI
  • Chapter IV. The Role of Community Information in the Virtual Metropolis: The Co-Existence of Virtual and Proximate Terrains
  • Chapter V. Differential IT Access and Use Patterns in Rural and Small-Town Atlantic Canada
  • Chapter VI. Building the Information Society from the Bottom Up? EU Public Policy and Community Informatics in North West England
  • CI and Community Networking
  • Chapter VII. New Communities and New Community Networks
  • Chapter VIII. CTCNet, the Community Technology Movement, and the Prospects for Democracy in America
  • Chapter IX. Community Networks for Reinventing Citizenship and Democracy
  • Chapter X. ICT and Local Governance: A View from the South
  • Chapter XI. Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy: Social Shaping of the Digital City in Antwerp (DMA)
  • Chapter XII. Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems: A Comparative Analysis
  • Chapter XIII. Community Impact of Telebased Information Centers
  • Chapter XIV. Cafematics: The Cybercafe and the Community
  • Chapter XV. Facilitating Community Processes through Culturally Appropriate Informatics: An Australian Indigenous Community Information Systems Case Study
  • Chapter XVI. On-Line Discussion Forums in a Swedish Local Government Context
  • Chapter XVII. Reinforcing and Opening Communities Through Innovative Technologies
  • Chapter XVIII. Academic-Community Partnerships for Advanced Information Processing in Low Technology Support Settings
  • CI and Development
  • Chapter XIX. Communication Shops and Telecenters in Developing Nations
  • Chapter XX. Virtual Communities, Real Struggles: Seeking Alternatives for Democratic Networking
  • Chapter XXI. Linking Communities to Global Policymaking: A New Electronic Window on the United Nations
  • Chapter XXII. Community and Technology: Social Learning in CCIS
  • CI Case Studies
  • Chapter XXIII. Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder Web Site
  • Chapter XXIV. Discussions and Decisions: Enabling Participation in Design in Geographical Communities
  • Chapter XXV. Radio B-92 in Belgrade Harnesses the Power of a Media Activist Community During the War to Keep Broadcasting Despite Terrestrial Ban
  • Chapter XXVI. The Economics of Community Networking: Case Studies from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
  • About the Authors
  • Index

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