Ebook: Networked Neighbourhoods: The Connected Community in Context
- Tags: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Sociology, Computers and Society, Computer Applications, Computing Milieux, Anthropology
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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 prospectus of commentary, critique, sociological enquiry, technological development and research findings, which provides a rounded account of the progressive intermingling of social and electronic networks.
The contributors discuss the ways in which the Internet affects both familial and social relationships, communal and civic involvement, social capital and work patterns and lifestyle. Civic intelligence is presented as a nascent concept from which future social networks of increased public advocacy, scrutiny and action may be sourced. Other reported developments include agent-based community systems to model and support communal memory and social knowledge.
The opening section provides a purview of the broad scene covered by the book, followed by discussions about the current state of connected communities. Following this there are case studies illustrating the different aspects of research, both sociological and technological, in this area. The final part reports the variety and the scope of technology-mediated human-to-human communication in a connected community setting today.
Patrick Purcell is a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, where he is a member of the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group.
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 prospectus of commentary, critique, sociological enquiry, technological development and research findings, which provides a rounded account of the progressive intermingling of social and electronic networks.
The contributors discuss the ways in which the Internet affects both familial and social relationships, communal and civic involvement, social capital and work patterns and lifestyle. Civic intelligence is presented as a nascent concept from which future social networks of increased public advocacy, scrutiny and action may be sourced. Other reported developments include agent-based community systems to model and support communal memory and social knowledge.
The opening section provides a purview of the broad scene covered by the book, followed by discussions about the current state of connected communities. Following this there are case studies illustrating the different aspects of research, both sociological and technological, in this area. The final part reports the variety and the scope of technology-mediated human-to-human communication in a connected community setting today.
Patrick Purcell is a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, where he is a member of the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group.
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 prospectus of commentary, critique, sociological enquiry, technological development and research findings, which provides a rounded account of the progressive intermingling of social and electronic networks.
The contributors discuss the ways in which the Internet affects both familial and social relationships, communal and civic involvement, social capital and work patterns and lifestyle. Civic intelligence is presented as a nascent concept from which future social networks of increased public advocacy, scrutiny and action may be sourced. Other reported developments include agent-based community systems to model and support communal memory and social knowledge.
The opening section provides a purview of the broad scene covered by the book, followed by discussions about the current state of connected communities. Following this there are case studies illustrating the different aspects of research, both sociological and technological, in this area. The final part reports the variety and the scope of technology-mediated human-to-human communication in a connected community setting today.
Patrick Purcell is a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, where he is a member of the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Networked Neighbourhoods: The Purview....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Community Practice in the Network Society: Pathways Toward Civic Intelligence....Pages 19-46
Social Networks and the Nature of Communities....Pages 47-75
Community Informatics for Community Development: the “Hope or Hype” Issue Revisited....Pages 77-98
Knowledge and the Local Community....Pages 99-110
Connected Memories in the Networked Digital Era: A Moving Paradigm....Pages 111-125
Community and Communication: A Rounded Perspective1 ....Pages 127-157
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Connected Lives: The Project1 ....Pages 161-216
The Impact of the Internet on Local and Distant Social Ties....Pages 217-236
The Magic Lounge: Connecting Island Communities Through Varied Communication Services....Pages 237-263
The Digital Hug: Enhancing Emotional Communication by Creative Scenarios....Pages 265-278
Ambient Intelligence: Human–Agent Interactions in a Networked Community....Pages 279-303
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Beyond Communication: Human Connectedness as a Research Agenda....Pages 307-344
The Presence Project: Helping Older People Engage with Their Local Communities....Pages 345-371
Informing the Community: The Roles of Interactive Public Displays in Comparable Settings....Pages 373-395
Serving Visitor Communities: A Mediated Experience of the Arts....Pages 397-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-430
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 prospectus of commentary, critique, sociological enquiry, technological development and research findings, which provides a rounded account of the progressive intermingling of social and electronic networks.
The contributors discuss the ways in which the Internet affects both familial and social relationships, communal and civic involvement, social capital and work patterns and lifestyle. Civic intelligence is presented as a nascent concept from which future social networks of increased public advocacy, scrutiny and action may be sourced. Other reported developments include agent-based community systems to model and support communal memory and social knowledge.
The opening section provides a purview of the broad scene covered by the book, followed by discussions about the current state of connected communities. Following this there are case studies illustrating the different aspects of research, both sociological and technological, in this area. The final part reports the variety and the scope of technology-mediated human-to-human communication in a connected community setting today.
Patrick Purcell is a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, where he is a member of the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Networked Neighbourhoods: The Purview....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Community Practice in the Network Society: Pathways Toward Civic Intelligence....Pages 19-46
Social Networks and the Nature of Communities....Pages 47-75
Community Informatics for Community Development: the “Hope or Hype” Issue Revisited....Pages 77-98
Knowledge and the Local Community....Pages 99-110
Connected Memories in the Networked Digital Era: A Moving Paradigm....Pages 111-125
Community and Communication: A Rounded Perspective1 ....Pages 127-157
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Connected Lives: The Project1 ....Pages 161-216
The Impact of the Internet on Local and Distant Social Ties....Pages 217-236
The Magic Lounge: Connecting Island Communities Through Varied Communication Services....Pages 237-263
The Digital Hug: Enhancing Emotional Communication by Creative Scenarios....Pages 265-278
Ambient Intelligence: Human–Agent Interactions in a Networked Community....Pages 279-303
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Beyond Communication: Human Connectedness as a Research Agenda....Pages 307-344
The Presence Project: Helping Older People Engage with Their Local Communities....Pages 345-371
Informing the Community: The Roles of Interactive Public Displays in Comparable Settings....Pages 373-395
Serving Visitor Communities: A Mediated Experience of the Arts....Pages 397-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-430
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