Community (Information and Communication) Technology

2008 ◽  
pp. 2282-2296
Author(s):  
Peter Day
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Developing Area ◽  
Technology Initiatives

This chapter illustrates the significance of developing a shared understanding of community, which is more than an adjective qualifying a certain type of ICT usage in a rapidly developing area of social practice and academic study — Community Informatics. Highlighting the importance of contextualising ICTs within their social environments, the chapter approaches Community Informatics from a human-centered perspective. It introduces a framework of democratic design criteria intended to assist the community planning and implementation processes of community technology initiatives. Examining the significance of community policy, community partnerships and community practice, the author invokes the need for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration in Community Informatics and argues that community ICT initiatives should be grounded in the needs of local communities if they are to be utilised successfully as tools of community empowerment.

Community (Information and Communication) Technology

2004 ◽  
pp. 18-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Day
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Developing Area ◽  
Technology Initiatives

This chapter illustrates the significance of developing a shared understanding of community, which is more than an adjective qualifying a certain type of ICT usage in a rapidly developing area of social practice and academic study — Community Informatics. Highlighting the importance of contextualising ICTs within their social environments, the chapter approaches Community Informatics from a human-centered perspective. It introduces a framework of democratic design criteria intended to assist the community planning and implementation processes of community technology initiatives. Examining the significance of community policy, community partnerships and community practice, the author invokes the need for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration in Community Informatics and argues that community ICT initiatives should be grounded in the needs of local communities if they are to be utilised successfully as tools of community empowerment.

scholarly journals Community informatics and the power of participation

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Sundar Harris
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Community Media ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Island Communities ◽  
Information And Communication

This article discusses the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) for social capital and community empowerment in Pacific societies through case studies of internet use by online communities during various political crises in Fiji and emerging community media. It argues that despite being located on the fringe of the ICT boom, it is still possible for island communities to engage with media technology using participatory approaches to develop local content which is closer to their own realities and which reflects local cultures, values and individual aspirations.

scholarly journals Community-based learning: A model for higher education and community partnerships

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Day
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Voice ◽  
Learning Partnerships ◽  
Community Based Learning ◽  
The University

This paper presents a model of community-based learning partnerships, developed at the University of Brighton, for consideration by Higher Education as a means to securing effective community informatics engagement.  The absence of funding and time to pursue research proposals required me to be creative in continuing collaboration with our community partners of funded research projects. It is suggested here that the academic curriculum together with the resources and goodwill of a UK university can support both the formal requirements of HE student learning and the more informal learning needs of community practice through the development of community media/informatics learning partnerships. This is the first in a series of papers to be written that share the story of community-based learning experiences at the University of Brighton. Our purpose is to engage in meaningful community Informatics/media research and practice partnerships with a view to contributing to knowledge whilst affecting social change. A number of preliminary community informatics/media partnership activities are introduced through the joint lenses of community empowerment and community development. The significance of community voice and community learning in facilitating and enabling active citizenship and empowered communities through community informatics practices is also explored.

Online Services and Regional Web Portals

2011 ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Helen Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Online Services ◽  
World Government ◽  
The World

This chapter examines community empowerment, economic and business development, and equity of service as the issue of success and decline in regional and rural communities is explored with a particular focus on community informatics initiatives (CI). In Australia, there has been a vision for online services to be used to open up regional communities to the rest of the world. Government support has been seen as enhancing the competence levels of local communities so they become strong enough to deal equitably in an increasingly open marketplace. But how effective have regional portals and other online initiatives been? This chapter explores whether economic and social benefits are generated via establishing and sustaining regional CI initiatives. Theory relevant to online communities is introduced to provide a context for the presentation of two case studies. The dissemination of the critical learning from these cases can inform others about the diverse factors which impact on the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of regional CI initiatives.

The Need for Community Informatics in Malaysia

2008 ◽  
pp. 1932-1937
Author(s):  
Jayapragas Gnaniah ◽  
Peter Songan ◽  
Alvin W. Yeo ◽  
Hushairi Zen ◽  
Khairuddin Ab. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Gap

The Malaysian government, through many initiatives, has seriously looked into reducing and if possible eliminating, the digital divide that exists between the developed urban and the technologically impoverished rural communities. The e-Bario Project, a successful research showcase of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, is one of the leading examples in Malaysia of such an attempt to bridge the digital gap and to achieve sustainable human development through the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT). According to Harris, Bala, Songan, Khoo and Trang (2001), the World Bank had introduced a systematic approach to the application of ICT to meet the needs and bridge the digital divide of the rural community.

Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy

2011 ◽  
pp. 251-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Electronic Democracy ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Strengthening Families ◽  
Institutional Initiatives

People living together in harmonious communities is the primary goal of most modern societies. The way these communities are built depends on the ideas, values and ideals of the society in which it is carried out. Campfens discerns two perspectives: “From a humanitarian perspective, it may be seen as a search for community, mutual aid, social support, and human liberation in an alienating, oppressive, competitive, and individualistic society. In its more pragmatic institutional sense, it may be viewed as a means for mobilizing communities to join state or institutional initiatives that are aimed at alleviating poverty, solving social problems, strengthening families, fostering democracy, and achieving modernization and socioeconomic development” (1997: 25). Yet any community is only viable when all members can communicate with each other. Nowadays, the possible ways of communication have expanded enormously, especially since the convergence of informatics and telecommunication into information and communication technologies (ICT) offers a powerful tool.

scholarly journals An Explorative Model to Assess Individuals’ Phubbing Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Guazzini ◽  
Mirko Duradoni ◽  
Ambra Capelli ◽  
Patrizia Meringolo
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Online Addiction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

Phubbing could be defined as a new form of addiction; however, checking the phone and ignoring the speaker could also be linked to the increased availability of virtual social environments. We developed a multidimensional model for phubbing considering psychological dimensions and information and communication technology related habits. We collected data through online questionnaires and surveys. The best model obtained from our data was constituted by Information and Communication Technologies’ (ICTs) usage behaviours, Trait Anxiety, Virtual Sense of Community and Neuroticism. Finally, our study confirmed a strong connection between phubbing and online addiction behaviours.

Community Informatics

2008 ◽  
pp. 50-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Stillman ◽  
Randy Stoecker
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Online Community ◽  
English Language ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Community Technology ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Practice Activity

Researchers and practitioners use a wide range of terms when they discuss community involvement with information and communications technologies (ICTs). Common (English-language) terms include ‘community networks,’ ‘community computing,’ ‘community information networks,’ ‘civic networking,’ ‘community technology,’ ‘community computer networks,’ ‘online neighborhood network,’ ‘virtual community,’ ‘online community,’ ‘community e-business,’ and most recently, ‘community informatics.’ Since the late 1990s, the term ‘community informatics’ has come into use amongst many academic researchers as an overarching label for the academic study of projects and initiatives which deliberately engage community groups and organizations with ICTs. Evidence of the term’s acceptance in academic and research circles is found in the titles of at least one academic journal and the language of its articles (the Journal of Community Informatics), as well as in community informatics conferences and workshops held in a number of countries, university research centres, moves towards an ethics statement, and an entry in Wikipedia developed collaboratively by researchers and practitioners in the field. While many still use the term ‘community technology’ or its variants when referring to practice activity, community informatics has definitely become embedded as an academic reference point.

Social Interactive Media and Virtual Community Practices

2010 ◽  
pp. 443-452
Author(s):  
Demosthenes Akoumianakis
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Social Computing ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Synergistic Combination

This chapter attempts to consolidate concepts, ideas and results reported in this volume in an effort to synthesize an agenda and sketch a roadmap for future research and development on virtual community practices facilitated by synergistic combination of social interactive media. In this endeavor, the author revisits the notions of new media, communities and social practice, in the light of the preceding chapters and with the intention to pickup seemingly heterogeneous concepts and sketch the puzzle of social interactive media and virtual community practice. The ultimate target is to make inroads towards a reference model for understanding and framing online social practice under the different regimes constituted by new media and social computing.

E-Leadership

2011 ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gurr
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Conceptual Confusion ◽  
Extended Discussion

Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) are changing organizations, with old practices being altered and new practices, spaces and possibilities created (Wertheim, 1999). It is the capacity of the ICT to support electronically mediated social environments that is causing reconceptualization of leadership conceptions. The emerging concept of e-leadership provides a framework to explore leadership in environments mediated by ICT. Unfortunately, there is considerable conceptual confusion about the term, with at least three different research streams producing different understandings. It is this complexity surrounding e-leadership that is the subject of this article (an extended discussion of this topic can be found in Gurr [2004] and Gurr and Broadbent [2004]). Research on e-leadership is at an early stage. In terms of Reichers and Scheider’s (1990, as described in Hunt, 1999, p. 131) three-stage model of concept development, which includes introduction/elaboration, evaluation/augmentation and consolidation/accommodation, the study of e-leadership is at the introduction/elaboration stage. While there is acknowledgment that a new concept of leadership may be needed, there is conceptual ambiguity as to what this might be, and limited research. Evidence and discussion about e-leadership comes from three main types of research: consultancy discussion papers, survey-based perceptual data, and experimental and quasi-experimental research.

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