The Neighborhood in the Internet: Design Research Projects in Community Informatics Contributor(s): Carroll, John M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415783089 ISBN-13: 9780415783088 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Web - Social Media - Social Science | Sociology - General - Computers | Information Technology |
Dewey: 004.67 |
LCCN: 2011037037 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Today, community seems to be everywhere. At home, at work, and online, the vague but comforting idea of the community pervades every area of life. But have we lost the ability truly to understand what it means? The Neighborhood in the Internet investigates social and civic effects of community networks on local community, and how community network designs are appropriated and extended by community members. Carroll uses his conceptual model of community to re-examine the Blacksburg Electronic Village - the first Web-based community network - applying it to attempts to sustain and enrich contemporary communities through information technology. The book provides an analysis of the role of community in contemporary paradigms for work and other activity mediated by the Internet. It brings to the fore a series of design experiments investigating new approaches to community networking and addresses the future trajectory and importance of community networks. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, community psychology, human-computer interaction, information science, and computer-supported collaborative work. |