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{"title":"Community & Technologies - Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research","authors":"M. Gurstein, V. Wulf","doi":"10.15353/joci.v11i2.2830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v11i2.2830","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"224 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123635579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trajectories to community engagement: Understanding older people's experiences of engagement with online and local communities","authors":"D. Harley, K. Howland, E. Harris","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3213","url":null,"abstract":"The communal benefits of online communities and SNS are enjoyed by many Internet users but remain of limited appeal to many older people. In this study we consider how a small group of older people in the South of England engage with these technologies showing their motivations and the role of existing relationships in the local community with regards to this engagement. Four catalysts are identified which determine trajectories towards and away from online engagement and these are: family, roles, loss, and ‘spaces and places’. The resulting trajectories are discussed along with their implications for policy making and technology design.Les sites communautaires et les reseaux sociaux interessent de nombreux internautes mais leurs utilisations restent en marge des personnes âgees. Dans cette etude effectuee dans le sud de l’Angleterre,  nous observons quelles sont les motivations d’un petit groupe de personnes âgees qui utilise ces plateformes et quel impact ont leurs relations existantes dans la communaute locale sur cette utilisation. Quatre vecteurs de motivation peuvent etre identifies : la famille, les roles, la perte d’un proche et «les espaces et les lieux».  Les resultats sont analyses avec leurs implications sur l'elaboration des futures lois et la conception de nouvelles technologies. Los beneficios colectivos de comunidades virtuales y del uso de espacios sociales en red llegan a muchos usuarios del internet. Sin embargo, personas de la tercera edad parecen no estar igualmente interesadas en este tipo de comunidad virtual. Este estudio considera la manera en que un pequeno grupo de personas mayores del sur de Inglaterra utiliza esta tecnologia. El articulo explora sus motivaciones en el uso del internet y el papel que juegan sus relaciones ya establecidas en la comunidad local para reforzar ese uso o alejarlos del internet. El articulo identifica cuatro aspectos catalizadores que determinan trayectorias, tanto hacia el uso del internet como en su contra, y que son los siguientes: familia, roles sociales, ‘perdida’, y ‘espacios y lugares’.  El articulo discute las trayectorias resultantes de estos aspectos catalizadores en relacion a sus implicaciones en terminos de politicas publicas asi como de diseno de tecnologias.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115396693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Government Public Access Centres (PACs): A beacon of hope for marginalised communities","authors":"C. Uys, S. Pather","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3237","url":null,"abstract":"Notwithstanding massive injections into broadband infrastructure, large sectors of the world’s population remain without access to the internet.  One of the strategies employed by Government and the private sector to address the digital divide has been to provide basic computing services and internet access to communities in the form of public access centres (PACs) or otherwise known as telecentres.  Over the years PAC related interventions have been subjected to much introspection, and critique, given a number of examples of failures.  This paper examines a PAC program in South Africa which has been running with success for ten years.   The paper reports on a study which includes data collected from more than two thousand four hundred users of PACs.  The findings provide critical insights into the value proposition of PACs for communities in impoverished areas and whether this is still relevant from a policy perspective to tackle the digital divide.  The findings also provide insights into the profile of users; the factors which impact on their choice of a PAC as an internet access point; and the extent to which there is a reliance on PACs.  The most revealing finding from the study indicates that PACS provided the average user with something more than just an internet access point.  The study has determined that PACs have a significant effect on the hopefulness a citizen has for his or her self, community and country.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133710186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mobile phones and reading for enjoyment: evidence of use and behaviour change","authors":"C. Tredoux, J. Louw, J. Louw-Potgieter","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3244","url":null,"abstract":"A South African non-profit organisation, FunDza, launched a programme that delivers reading material via mobile phones. Computer log files of user activity over an eight-month period were analysed (N = 9,212,716), which showed that relatively large numbers of readers made use of the material (N = 65,533) , and read a substantial amount of the material. We found evidence of positive shifts in reading behaviour. Further analysis showed that greater levels of participation in the programme were associated with greater enjoyment of reading. Furthermore, the longer participants read, the more confident they felt about their self-rated reading proficiency","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"920 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123054905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ENCITE: A model to help Voluntary Organisations use ICT effectively","authors":"T. McDonald","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3215","url":null,"abstract":"Local Voluntary Organisations (LVOs) play an important role in Irish society. LVOs can be based on community, political, sporting, recreational or civil needs. These organisations facilitate information dispersion, social interaction, employment creation and service provision in communities. However, many of these LVOs are struggling to exist and maintain their role in Irish society; one of the primary reasons for this problem is their reluctance to embrace and use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) effectively. Voluntary organisations need help to identify a role for ICT and to subsequently design and develop technical solutions. The ENCITE model will facilitate Irish LVOs to plan and design applications that will support their operation and empower their members.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"768 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123281552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"'Useful' civic hacking for environmental sustainability: knowledge transfer and the International Space Apps Challenge","authors":"Sumen Rai, M. Griffiths","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3239","url":null,"abstract":"Civic hackathons have become a popular, experimental process through which to promote public access to open government data and enable innovative civic uses for the information. The International Space Apps Challenge, led by NASA, is a high-profile event, promoting the use of space-derived data with the aim of contributing solutions to 'grand challenges' such as environmental sustainability. Central to the civic hackathons are the concepts of 'stewardship,' and 'usefulness'. The study explores the promises and realities of civic hacking through analysis of the aims of the organisers, perspectives of participants and the event's outcomes, concluding that hackathon peer processes promote networks for knowledge transfer.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132974215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ICT and Online Social Movements for Good Governance in Nigeria","authors":"U. Ojedokun","doi":"10.15353/joci.v12i1.3208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i1.3208","url":null,"abstract":"In Nigeria, the availability of different Internet-enabled social media has led to the emergence of online social movements advocating the principle of good governance in the affairs of the state. In view of this, this paper examined the evolution of online social movements in Nigeria, and the role of ICT in their mobilization for good governance. Resource mobilization theory was employed as the explanatory framework. The paper contends that though online social movements in Nigeria are generally in their embryonic stage, they are, nonetheless, increasingly influencing the three organs of government and shaping public policies in the country.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129012849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What are Community Wireless Networks For?","authors":"G. Byrum","doi":"10.15353/joci.v11i3.2707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v11i3.2707","url":null,"abstract":"Practitioners and researchers alike have made various claims about the nature of community networks as hybrid technological-social systems with the potential to provide social goods such as opportunities for participation in civic, economic, and social activity. However, the process of framing research contexts and gathering data has presented researchers with categorical challenges. This paper analyzes four cases of research into the qualities and potential of community networks, and provides a current example of an “open-source” research method that could be appropriate to forming a more appropriate context for understanding the potential socio-economic benefits of community networks. Assessments of success and failure at achieving social impact goals are synthesized according to existing contextual frameworks, and a new approach is proposed for cooperative/participatory research to help networks and their publics self-define effective and informed social impact frameworks.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121178881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Canadian Election Programme for Digital Citizenship and Social Equity","authors":"M. Gurstein","doi":"10.15353/joci.v11i3.2696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v11i3.2696","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131565217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contributions from Visitor Research to CI and ICT4D Theory and Research Methodology","authors":"P. Alexander, H. Gelderblom, E. D. Kock","doi":"10.15353/joci.v11i3.2765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v11i3.2765","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The case study involved the evaluation of a single science centre exhibit in a number of different science centres in a developing country. This illustrates the lessons that Community Informatics and ICT for Development researchers can learn from “Visitor Research” theory and methods. The three contexts identified in The Contextual Model of Learning are seen to shed light on the research process as well as to its original purpose, free-choice learning. A multi-methodological research approach was used and each science centre was described separately so that the different levels of context could be taken into account.","PeriodicalId":280460,"journal":{"name":"J. Community Informatics","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123838130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}