New information communication technologies and the development of a children's 'community of interest' |
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Authors: | Cockburn Tom |
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Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, He has been there since 2001 and his research interests are around the sociology of childhood
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Abstract: | This paper is concerned with the potential of new InformationCommunication Technologies as a means of furthering a childrenscommunity of interest. A community of interestis taken from Raymond Williams concept of people formingcommunities not around place but around specific interests.I wish in this paper to explore the forms and tensions of achildrens community of interest that mightbe facilitated around ICTs in general and the Internet in particular.The paper draws on community development literature around thepotentials and use of ICTs as a means of developing communities.The paper highlights these potentials but also investigatesthe obstacles that a childrens online communityof interest may confront. |
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