Community networks : lessons from Blacksburg, Virginia /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cohill, Andrew Michael, Kavanaugh, Andrea L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Artech House, 1999.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Artech House telecommunications library.
Temas:
Blacksburg Electronic Village.
Blacksburg Electronic Village
Electronic villages (Computer networks)
Community life > Technological innovations.
Computer networks > Social aspects.
Communautés virtuelles.
Communauté > Innovations.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Aspect social.
COMPUTERS > Web > General.
COMPUTERS > Networking > Intranets & Extranets.
Community life > Technological innovations
Computer networks > Social aspects
Virtuele gemeenschappen.
Blacksburg (Va.)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welcome to Blacksburg
  • Just hook people up
  • The BEV is intensely personal
  • We write more than ever in Blacksburg
  • Storytelling
  • Sense and sensibility
  • Education
  • Blacksburg and the Net
  • A Brief History of the Blacksburg Electronic Village
  • Unique features of the BEV
  • Early growth of the BEV
  • Later growth of the BEV
  • The future of the BEV
  • The Architecture of a Community Network
  • Access and services
  • A typical community network
  • Computer on the Internet via modem
  • Computer on the Internet via direct connection
  • Community servers
  • National service provider
  • Web service company
  • Summary of network services
  • Network support
  • User identification
  • E-mail services
  • Information services
  • News
  • Online conference and chat service
  • Advanced technology
  • The BEV software tools
  • Service models for community networks
  • Why direct connections are important
  • Network administration
  • Evaluating the Blacksburg Electronic Village
  • The assumptions of an evaluation system
  • The BEV as socially constructed technology
  • The interpenetration of design and use
  • A multidisciplinary approach
  • A model for the evaluation of the BEV
  • The importance of models in evaluation
  • Models of communication behavior
  • A Tetrad model of evaluation of community networks
  • Research activities in the four nodes
  • Design
  • Access
  • Critical mass
  • Impacts
  • The Use and Impact of the Blacksburg Electronic Village
  • Profiles of users
  • Use and expectations of the Internet.

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