El. knyga: Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Networks

Preface i Introduction Community Informatics: Enabling Community Uses of Information and Communications Technology 1(31) Michael Gurstein BACKGROUND AND ISSUES The Access Rainbow: Conceptualizing Universal Access to the Information/Communications Infrastructure 32(20) Andrew Clement Leslie Regan Shade Requirements for a Regional Information Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities---The Case for Community Informatics 52(29) Thomas Beale Embedding the Net: Community Empowerment in the Age of Information 81(23) Brian D. Loader Barry Hague Dave Eagle UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF CI The Role of Community Information in the Virtual Metropolis: The Co-Existence of Virtual and Proximate Terrains 104(32) Paul M.A. Baker Differential IT Access and Use Patterns in Rural and Small-Town Atlantic Canada 136(15) David Bruce Building the Information Society from the Bottom Up? EU Public Policy and Community Informatics in North West England 151(23) John Cawood Seamus Simpson CI AND COMMUNITY NETWORKING New Communities and New Community Networks 174(16) Doug Schuler CTCNet, the Community Technology Movement, and the Prospects for Democracy in America 190(23) Peter Miller Community Networks for Reinventing Citizenship and Democracy 213(19) Fiorella de Cindio ICT and Local Governance: A View from the South 232(19) Susana Finquelievich Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy: Social Shaping of the Digital City in Antwerp (DMA) 251(24) Jo Pierson Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems: A Comparative Analysis 275(23) Danny Krouk Bill Pitkin Neal Richman Community Impact of Telebased Information Centers 298(22) Morten Falch CI APPLICATIONS Cafematics: The Cybercafe and the Community 320(19) James Stewart Facilitating Community Processes through Culturally Appropriate Informatics: An Australian Indigenous Community Information Systems Case Study 339(20) Andrew Turk Kathryn Trees On-Line Discussion Forums in a Swedish Local Government Context 359(21) Agneta Ranerup Reinforcing and Opening Communities Through Innovative Technologies 380(24) Alessandra Agostini Valeria Giannella Antonietta Grasso Dave Snowdon Michael Koch Academic-Community Partnerships for Advanced Information Processing in Low Technology Support Settings 404(11) Rosann Webb Collins CI AND DEVELOPMENT Communication Shops and Telecenters in Developing Nations 415(31) Royal D. Colle Virtual Communities, Real Struggles: Seeking Alternatives for Democratic Networking 446(24) Francois Fortier Linking Communities to Global Policymaking: A New Electronic Window on the United Nations 470(24) John Lawrence Janice Brodman Community and Technology: Social Learning in CCIS 494(22) Roger S. Slack Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools Budget Builder Web Site 516(23) Chris Halaska Discussions and Decisions: Enabling Participation in Design in Geographical Communities 539(22) Volkmar Pipek Oliver Marker Claus Rinner Barbara Schmidt-Belz Radio B-92 in Belgrade Harnesses the Power of a Media Activist Community During the War to Keep Broadcasting Despite Terrestrial Ban 561(7) Robin Hamman The Economics of Community Networking: Case Studies from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) 568(16) Mark Surman About the Authors 584(9) Index 593