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Author:   Patrick Purcell
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9781849965675

ISBN 10:   1849965676
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   13 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Networks and Neighbours.- Networked Neighbourhoods: The Purview.- Connected Community.- Community Practice in the Network Society: Pathways Toward Civic Intelligence.- Social Networks and the Nature of Communities.- Community Informatics for Community Development: the “Hope or Hype” Issue Revisited.- Knowledge and the Local Community.- Connected Memories in the Networked Digital Era: A Moving Paradigm.- Community and Communication: A Rounded Perspective1.- The Research Impetus.- Connected Lives: The Project1.- The Impact of the Internet on Local and Distant Social Ties.- The Magic Lounge: Connecting Island Communities Through Varied Communication Services.- The Digital Hug: Enhancing Emotional Communication by Creative Scenarios.- Ambient Intelligence: Human–Agent Interactions in a Networked Community.- Mediated Human Communication.- Beyond Communication: Human Connectedness as a Research Agenda.- The Presence Project: Helping Older People Engage with Their Local Communities.- Informing the Community: The Roles of Interactive Public Displays in Comparable Settings.- Serving Visitor Communities: A Mediated Experience of the Arts.

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From the reviews: This book will interest our readers who are working in the fields of sociocybernetics as well as those with a bias towards online interactions. ! In many ways this text has been opened up new ground and is the fore-runner of many more that will consider the issues of people and their connection to the new technology. ! it provides an instructive read with the relevant collected, articles well matched and presented by the editor. (D. M. Hutton, Kybernetes, Vol. 37 (2), 2008)

From the reviews: This book will interest our readers who are working in the fields of sociocybernetics as well as those with a bias towards online interactions. ... In many ways this text has been opened up new ground and is the fore-runner of many more that will consider the issues of people and their connection to the new technology. ... it provides an instructive read with the relevant collected, articles well matched and presented by the editor. (D. M. Hutton, Kybernetes, Vol. 37 (2), 2008)

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