Communities in action : papers in community informatics /

ICTs have become a very powerful community resource, viewed by many authors in this volume as two-way mechanisms, facilitating the perpetuation of and reflecting esteemed community values. The contents of this volume make it clear that ICTs have a huge capacity for incorporation into different forms...

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Other Authors: Stillman, Larry, Dr, Johanson, Graeme, associate professor, French, Rebecca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; COMMUNITY INFORMATICS AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY IN PUERTO RICO; COMMUNITIES, ACTION AND INTER-ACTION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS TODAY; EPOST; LEARNING AT THE BORDER; DEVELOPING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEIR HCIS FOR MAJOR DISASTERS; LOCAL AREA SNS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN JAPAN; COMMUNITY-BASED BROADBAND ORGANIZATIONS AND VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS FOR REMOTE AND RURAL FIRST NATIONS IN CANADA; CAN ICTS CONTRIBUTE TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT?; UNDERSTANDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
  • A COMMUNICATIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON CTC SUSTAINABILITY IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIAPRACTICES OF MOBILE PHONE USE IN BEIJING; THE OLD AND THE NEW MEDIA; COMMUNITIES AND BAZAAR; 'DOING IT BETTER'; DISTRIBUTED GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY; E-GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA; INDEX.