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The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges and opportunities of employing ICT in a community building/development context through a critical reflection of the experiences of the Community Network Analysis (CNA) and ICT research project in the Poets Corner community of Brighton and Hove, UK. Grounded in community networking, community development and community learning theories, the CNA project aimed to: investigate impacts of ICT on the network ties and social cohesion of community groups; whilst exploring the uses of network technologies in stimulating social capital and promoting community development in Poets Corner.
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) - People at the Centre of Communication & Information Technology (PACCIT) research programme (Grant RES-328-25-0012).
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- Social Capital
- Social Cohesion
- Community Development
- Social Network Analysis
- Participatory Action Research
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Day, P., Farenden, C. (2007). CNA2 – Communications and Community; Neighborhoods and Networks; Action and Analysis: Concepts and Methods for Community Technology Research. In: Schuler, D. (eds) Online Communities and Social Computing. OCSC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4564. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_34
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