Most media space projects were reported as “successes” in that the participants developed or maintained close working relationships. A few reported problematic social results, but were created wholesale with groups with no media space experience. This chapter reports a case where media space users tried and failed to extend the media space to new user communities, building in part on experiences gained in the earlier “successes” and, in part, ignoring the key elements of those successes.
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Bly, S., Harrison, S. (2009). (Dis)connecting Cultures: The Diary of a Short Lived Media Space. In: Harrison, S. (eds) Media Space 20 + Years of Mediated Life. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-483-6_10
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