Communications Breakdown: Revisiting the Question of Information and Its Significance for Community Informatics Projects | Zendy

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Communications Breakdown: Revisiting the Question of Information and Its Significance for Community Informatics Projects

Author(s) -

William Tibben

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

lecture notes in computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Book series

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249

H-Index - 400

eISSN - 1611-3349

pISSN - 0302-9743

ISBN - 3-540-48269-5

DOI - 10.1007/11915034_39

Subject(s) - informatics , computer science , hierarchy , work (physics) , focus (optics) , information and communications technology , knowledge management , process (computing) , value (mathematics) , business informatics , data science , management science , health informatics , world wide web , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , machine learning , operating system , health care , law

The gap between those who understand the complexities of community requirements and the information technologists who can build the technologies represents a central focus of concern with Community Informatics (CI) research This paper explores how different assumptions about the utility of information during this innovation process leads to poor communication between researchers and practitioners Braman's four-part hierarchy is a useful vehicle to investigate this as she seeks to include a range of actors such as policy makers, technologists and community members A number of case study examples are explored to illustrate the value of Braman's work for CI.

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