I-Neighbors.org: A Study of Technology and Community

I-Neighbors.org: A Study of Technology and Community

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Political participation and community involvement in the United States have declined steadily and significantly over the past four decades, and some attribute the fall to new media, such as television and the Internet. This paper is a study of new technologies and their impact on political and community involvement. I-Neighbors.org is a technology allowing individuals register a free website and email list for their neighborhood. This paper is based on a study of the behavior of I-Neighbors users, looking for evidence that this technology affect community involvement and political participation. Data shows that new media can have a profound impact on community dialogue and political involvement.

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E-Government, E-Democracy, Technology and Society, New Media, Technology and Community, Community Networking, Social networks, Community Involvement, Internet

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Faber, Jacob. "I-Neighbors.org: A Study of Technology and Community" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 11, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103684_index.html>

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Faber, J. W. , 2006-08-11 "I-Neighbors.org: A Study of Technology and Community" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103684_index.html

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Abstract: Political participation and community involvement in the United States have declined steadily and significantly over the past four decades, and some attribute the fall to new media, such as television and the Internet. This paper is a study of new technologies and their impact on political and community involvement. I-Neighbors.org is a technology allowing individuals register a free website and email list for their neighborhood. This paper is based on a study of the behavior of I-Neighbors users, looking for evidence that this technology affect community involvement and political participation. Data shows that new media can have a profound impact on community dialogue and political involvement.

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Jacob Faber Page 1 I-Neighbors.org: A Study of Technology and Community Figure 1: I-Neighbors.org homepage My research group in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a service that allows geographic Technology-Enabled Political Empowerment Jacob Faber Page 2 neighborhoods to create their own free website. (This research group moved to the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in September 2005.) Neighborhoods are grouped by ZIP code. Creators of

Political Empowerment Jacob Faber Page 20 However the digital divide still presents the issue of a lack of universal access to computers with Internet access and the skills to use them. Communities facing this issue have the most to gain from investment in public-use Internet. This thesis further justifies these ventures whether they manifest themselves as shared terminals in libraries or community centers computer use training in schools or more involved projects such as city-wide wireless access. Technology-Enabled Political

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