Ebook: Communities and Technologies: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communities and Technologies; C&T 2003

The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional communities and the internet, knowledge sharing and communities, civil communities, communities and education and social capital. As a result of a very quality-oriented review process, the work reflects the best of current research and practice in the field of C&T.

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The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional communities and the internet, knowledge sharing and communities, civil communities, communities and education and social capital. As a result of a very quality-oriented review process, the work reflects the best of current research and practice in the field of C&T.

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The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional communities and the internet, knowledge sharing and communities, civil communities, communities and education and social capital. As a result of a very quality-oriented review process, the work reflects the best of current research and practice in the field of C&T.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
How Practice Matters: A Relational View of Knowledge Sharing....Pages 1-22
Structural Analysis of Communities of Practice: An Investigation of Job title, Location, and Management Intention....Pages 23-42
Episteme or practice? Differentiated Communitarian Structures in a Biology Laboratory....Pages 43-63
We Can See You: A Study of Communities’ Invisible People through ReachOut....Pages 65-79
Email as Spectroscopy: Automated Discovery of Community Structure within Organizations....Pages 81-96
Multimedia Fliers: Information Sharing With Digital Community Bulletin Boards....Pages 97-117
Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge Communities....Pages 119-141
Uses of information sources in an Internet-era firm: Online and offline....Pages 143-162
Communities and other Social Structures for Knowledge Sharing — A Case Study in an Internet Consultancy Company....Pages 163-183
Intranets and Local Community: ‘Yes, an intranet is all very well, but do we still get free beer and a barbeque?’....Pages 185-204
Learning and Collaboration across Generations in a Community....Pages 205-225
The African Dream: A Pan-African E-community Project....Pages 227-240
The Role of Social Capital in Regional Technological Innovation: Seeing both the wood and the trees....Pages 241-264
Weak Ties in Networked Communities....Pages 265-286
A Bayesian Computational Model of Social Capital in Virtual Communities....Pages 287-305
I-DIAG: From Community Discussion to Knowledge Distillation....Pages 307-325
The Role of Knowledge Artifacts in Innovation Management: The Case of a Chemical Compound Designer CoP....Pages 327-345
Supporting an Experiment of a Community Support System: Community Analysis and Maintenance Functions in the Public Opinion Channel....Pages 347-367
Patients’ Online Communities Experiences of emergent Swedish self-help on the Internet....Pages 369-389
When Users Push Back: Oppositional New Media and Community....Pages 391-405
Babel in the international caf?: A respectful critique....Pages 407-425
Synchronizing Asynchronous Collaborative Learners....Pages 427-443
Community Support in Universities — The Drehscheibe Project....Pages 445-463
Adding connectivity and losing context with ICT: Contrasting learning situations from a community of practice perspective....Pages 465-484

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The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional communities and the internet, knowledge sharing and communities, civil communities, communities and education and social capital. As a result of a very quality-oriented review process, the work reflects the best of current research and practice in the field of C&T.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
How Practice Matters: A Relational View of Knowledge Sharing....Pages 1-22
Structural Analysis of Communities of Practice: An Investigation of Job title, Location, and Management Intention....Pages 23-42
Episteme or practice? Differentiated Communitarian Structures in a Biology Laboratory....Pages 43-63
We Can See You: A Study of Communities’ Invisible People through ReachOut....Pages 65-79
Email as Spectroscopy: Automated Discovery of Community Structure within Organizations....Pages 81-96
Multimedia Fliers: Information Sharing With Digital Community Bulletin Boards....Pages 97-117
Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge Communities....Pages 119-141
Uses of information sources in an Internet-era firm: Online and offline....Pages 143-162
Communities and other Social Structures for Knowledge Sharing — A Case Study in an Internet Consultancy Company....Pages 163-183
Intranets and Local Community: ‘Yes, an intranet is all very well, but do we still get free beer and a barbeque?’....Pages 185-204
Learning and Collaboration across Generations in a Community....Pages 205-225
The African Dream: A Pan-African E-community Project....Pages 227-240
The Role of Social Capital in Regional Technological Innovation: Seeing both the wood and the trees....Pages 241-264
Weak Ties in Networked Communities....Pages 265-286
A Bayesian Computational Model of Social Capital in Virtual Communities....Pages 287-305
I-DIAG: From Community Discussion to Knowledge Distillation....Pages 307-325
The Role of Knowledge Artifacts in Innovation Management: The Case of a Chemical Compound Designer CoP....Pages 327-345
Supporting an Experiment of a Community Support System: Community Analysis and Maintenance Functions in the Public Opinion Channel....Pages 347-367
Patients’ Online Communities Experiences of emergent Swedish self-help on the Internet....Pages 369-389
When Users Push Back: Oppositional New Media and Community....Pages 391-405
Babel in the international caf?: A respectful critique....Pages 407-425
Synchronizing Asynchronous Collaborative Learners....Pages 427-443
Community Support in Universities — The Drehscheibe Project....Pages 445-463
Adding connectivity and losing context with ICT: Contrasting learning situations from a community of practice perspective....Pages 465-484
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