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UNINA9910813111003321 |
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Titolo |
Community practice in the network society : local action, global interaction / / edited by Peter Day and Doug Schuler |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-41639-3 |
0-203-68367-6 |
1-134-41640-7 |
1-280-07842-1 |
0-203-64373-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DayPeter <1954-> |
SchulerDouglas |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information society |
Information technology - Social aspects |
Communities |
Social participation |
Social action |
Digital divide |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Result of the 7th 'Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing' (DIAC) Symposium which was held in Seattle in 2000"--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Community practice: an alternative vision of the network society; The network society: issues and exigencies; Globalization, cyberspace and the public sphere; Cybersobriety: how a commercially driven Internet threatens the foundations of democratic self-governance and what to do about it; Welcome to 1927: the creation of property rights and Internet domain name policy in historical perspective; The changing online landscape: from free-for-all to commercial gatekeeping |
Snapshots of community practiceICTs for health promotion in the community: a participative approach; Cybercafes and national elites: constraints on community networking in Latin America; |
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~Informationalizing~ El Salvador: participatory design of a national information and ICT strategy; Social cyberpower in the everyday life of an African American community: a report on action-research in Toledo, Ohio; An emerging community technology research agenda; A human rights perspective on the digital divide: a human right to communicate |
An asset-based approach to community building and community technologyCommunity network development and user participation; Community Informatics Systems: a meeting place for useful research; Conclusion; Integrating practice, policy, and research; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks; where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a weakness. Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the |
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