The Neighborhood in the Internet

Design Research Projects in Community Informatics

af John M. Carroll

The Neighborhood in the Internet investigates social and civic effects of community networks on local community, and how community network designs are appropriated and extended by community members. Carroll uses his conceptual model of "community" to re-examine the Blacksburg Electronic Village ¿ the first Web-based community network ¿ applying it to attempts to sustain and enrich contemporary communities through information technology. The book provides an analysis of the role of community in c... (Læs mere)