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The Digital Equity Leadership Lab (DELL): A case study of community leadership development to promote digital equity and justice 数字公平领导实验室(DELL):社区领导发展促进数字公平和正义的案例研究

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v18i1.4875

Colin Rhinesmith, Malana Krongelb, Jie Jiang

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Constructing Household Routines with the Internet: Assessing the role of the Internet in Normalizing Household Productivity 以网际网路建构家庭日常:评估网际网路在家庭生产力正常化中的作用

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v18i1.4679

Michel Mersereau

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impact of the pandemic on communication between local government and citizens in a small village in Tuscany: From the 2021 Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 大流行对托斯卡纳一个小村庄地方政府与公民沟通的影响:来自2021年社区信息学研究网络(CIRN)会议

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2022-02-19 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v18i1.4749

M. Farinosi, Adriano Cirulli, L. Fortunati

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Surfacing Human Service Organizations' Data Use Practices: Toward a Critical Performance Measurement Framework: From the 2021 Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 呈现人类服务组织的数据使用实践:迈向关键绩效衡量框架:来自2021年社区信息研究网络(CIRN)会议

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2022-02-19 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v18i1.4712

Alexander Fink, R. V. Roholt

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Lessons Learned: The Multifaceted Field of (Digital) Neighborhood Development 经验教训:(数字)社区发展的多方面领域

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2022-01-19 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v18i1.4427

Madeleine Renyi, Anna Hegedüs, P. Schmitter, F. Berger, T. Ballmer, Edith Maier, C. Kunze

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Ethics in Social Design: Definitions, Models, and Perspectives 社会设计中的伦理:定义、模型和观点

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v17i.3519

Marie Kettlie Andre

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Planning to maintain the status quo? A comparative study of digital equity plans of four large US cities 计划维持现状?美国四个大城市数字股权计划的比较研究

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v17i.3576

Caroline Stratton

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Book Review: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope 书评:《准入的承诺:技术、不平等和希望的政治经济学》

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v17i.4216

Farhan Latif

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'It is unbelievable how many come to us': : A study on community librarians' perspectives on digital inclusion in Sweden “来找我们的人多得令人难以置信”:一项关于瑞典社区图书馆员对数字包容的看法的研究

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v17i.3490

M. Gustafsson, E. Wihlborg

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Readily Available Digital Technologies in the Age of Pandemics 大流行时代的现成数字技术

J. Community Informatics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.15353/joci.v17i.3613

Suchit Ahuja, Arman Sadreddin, Yolande E. Chan

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