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"Shaping the Network Society documents and analyzes the emergence of civil society in cyberspace. Based on contributions by some of the best experts in the world, it is essential reading for students and practitioners of the new forms of democracy in the Information Age."
—Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society, University of Southern California
"Doug Schuler and Peter Day have done it again! This book challenges us to ensure that the benefits of a network society flow to all, not just the rich or well-educated. Activists, educators, academics, students, and citizens alike will all find inspiration here."
—Jenny Preece, Professor, Information Systems Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"This book adds two important concerns to an urgent agenda for research and action in the field of network technologies: How can we raise the profile of social responsibility in a field dominated by business interests? And how can we make this a genuinely international project, rather than one dominated by nation-specific interests?"
—Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, author of The Global City
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Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are concerned less with bits, bytes, and algorithms and more with productive partnerships that engage both researchers and community activists. These collaborations are producing important sociotechnical work that will affect the future of the network society. Traditionally, academic research on real-world users of technology has been neglected or even discouraged. The authors contributing to this book are working to fill this gap; their theoretical and practical discussions illustrate a new orientation--research that works with people in their natural social environments, uses common language rather than rarefied academic discourse, and takes a pragmatic perspective. The topics they consider are key to democratization and social change. They include human rights in the "global billboard society"; public computing in Toledo, Ohio; public digital culture in Amsterdam; "civil networking" in the former Yugoslavia; information technology and the international public sphere; "historical archaeologies" of community networks; "technobiographical" reflections on the future; libraries as information commons; and globalization and media democracy, as illustrated by Indymedia, a global collective of independent media organizations.
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"Shaping the Network Society documents and analyzes the emergence of civil society in cyberspace. Based on contributions by some of the best experts in the world, it is essential reading for students and practitioners of the new forms of democracy in the Information Age."
—Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society, University of Southern California
"Doug Schuler and Peter Day have done it again! This book challenges us to ensure that the benefits of a network society flow to all, not just the rich or well-educated. Activists, educators, academics, students, and citizens alike will all find inspiration here."
—Jenny Preece, Professor, Information Systems Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"This book adds two important concerns to an urgent agenda for research and action in the field of network technologies: How can we raise the profile of social responsibility in a field dominated by business interests? And how can we make this a genuinely international project, rather than one dominated by nation-specific interests?"
—Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, author of The Global City
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Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are concerned less with bits, bytes, and algorithms and more with productive partnerships that engage both researchers and community activists. These collaborations are producing important sociotechnical work that will affect the future of the network society. Traditionally, academic research on real-world users of technology has been neglected or even discouraged. The authors contributing to this book are working to fill this gap; their theoretical and practical discussions illustrate a new orientation--research that works with people in their natural social environments, uses common language rather than rarefied academic discourse, and takes a pragmatic perspective. The topics they consider are key to democratization and social change. They include human rights in the "global billboard society"; public computing in Toledo, Ohio; public digital culture in Amsterdam; "civil networking" in the former Yugoslavia; information technology and the international public sphere; "historical archaeologies" of community networks; "technobiographical" reflections on the future; libraries as information commons; and globalization and media democracy, as illustrated by Indymedia, a global collective of independent media organizations.
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That an explosion of information and communication technology (ICT) is helping to restructure the world's economic, political, and cultural systems is not news. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public computing sites, global billboard society, public digital culture, participatory foundation, civic intelligence, community telecenters, virtual public spheres, open publishing, electronic village, community technology centers, community informatics, global public sphere, international public sphere, civic networking, remittance transfers, neighborhood assemblies, slow cities, network society, media activists, slow food movement, civic networks, new public sphere, dual city Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Digital City, Virginia Tech, Buenos Aires, Bell Atlantic, Open Source, Blacksburg Electronic Village, Whole Earth, Latin America, New York, Time Warner, American Library Association, Second World, Third World, San Francisco, World Wide Web, University of Toledo, World Bank, Rete Civica, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Business Week, Stewart Brand, Telecommunications Act, The Hague, David Silver New!
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That an explosion of information and communication technology (ICT) is helping to restructure the world's economic, political, and cultural systems is not news. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public computing sites, global billboard society, public digital culture, participatory foundation, civic intelligence, community telecenters, virtual public spheres, open publishing, electronic village, community technology centers, community informatics, global public sphere, international public sphere, civic networking, remittance transfers, neighborhood assemblies, slow cities, network society, media activists, slow food movement, civic networks, new public sphere, dual city Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Digital City, Virginia Tech, Buenos Aires, Bell Atlantic, Open Source, Blacksburg Electronic Village, Whole Earth, Latin America, New York, Time Warner, American Library Association, Second World, Third World, San Francisco, World Wide Web, University of Toledo, World Bank, Rete Civica, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Business Week, Stewart Brand, Telecommunications Act, The Hague, David Silver New!
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- Community Networks: Lessons From Blacksburg, Virginia by Andrew Michael Cohill on 7 pages
- Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies by Michael Gurstein on 4 pages
- Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (Diac-87) by Jonathan Jacky in Front Matter, page 314, and Back Matter
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 275, page 280, and Back Matter
- Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society by Howard Rheingold in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Cyberculture The Key Concepts by David J. Bell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Cyberculture The Key Concepts by David J. Bell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Understanding and Shaping Curriculum: What We Teach and Why by Thomas W. Hewitt on page 308
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