The setting for this book is the networked community. The treatment of the subject matter is broad and interdisciplinary, with contributions from computer science, sociology, design, human factors and communication technology. The chapter contributors, drawn from across Europe and North America, offer a varied
Author(s): Patrick Purcell
Edition: 1st Edition.
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 428
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Networked
Neighbourhoods......Page 3
Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 8
Part A. Networks andNeighbours......Page 11
1. Networked Neighbourhoods: The Purview......Page 12
Part B. Connected Community......Page 26
2. Community Practice in the Network Society: Pathways Toward
Civic Intelligence......Page 27
3. Social Networks and the Nature of Communities......Page 55
4. Community Informatics for Community Development:
the “Hope or Hype” Issue Revisited......Page 84
5. Knowledge and the Local Community......Page 106
6. Connected Memories in the Networked Digital Era:
AMoving Paradigm......Page 118
7. Community and Communication: A Rounded Perspective......Page 133
Part C. The Research Impetus......Page 164
8. Connected Lives: The Project......Page 165
9. The Impact of the Internet on Local and Distant
Social Ties......Page 221
10. The Magic Lounge: Connecting Island Communities Through
Varied Communication Services......Page 241
11. The Digital Hug: Enhancing Emotional Communication by
Creative Scenarios......Page 268
12. Ambient Intelligence: Human–Agent Interactions in a
Networked Community......Page 282
Part D. Mediated Human Communication......Page 307
13. Beyond Communication: Human Connectedness as a
Research Agenda......Page 308
14. The Presence Project: Helping Older People Engage with Their
Local Communities......Page 346
15. Informing the Community: The Roles of Interactive Public
Displays in Comparable Settings......Page 373
16. Serving Visitor Communities: A Mediated Experience of
the Arts......Page 396
Index......Page 421
