Technologies and online communities SCI105 Technologies and online communities What is the importance of social media in today’s society? How is it used and by whom? What would be the effect on society if social media were suddenly removed? Social media has gained importance by instantly connecting groups together to exchange thoughts and ideas on both current events and personal opinions. People can express their thoughts to anyone that chooses to log on and read what is posted. Given humans
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Concepts of community report Table of contents Page 4 Introduction, What is community? And What are the concepts that ‘inform’ our understanding and definitions of community? Where do these concepts come from? Page 5 What kinds of organisations make up community? What is a community stakeholder? And how do organisations and stakeholders relate/interact through community? What forms do they take at different scales, local to global? Page 6 Conclusion
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What is COCD? Community Organization Community Organization is a process by which people, health services and agencies of the community are brought together to: • Learn about common problems. • Identify these problems as their own. • Plan the kind of action needed to solve these problems. • Act on this basis. Community Organization contributes to the establishment of an environment with different community resources – natural, institutional, technical, financial and human resources – and
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ASSIGNMENT 1 UNIT 17: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK ASSIGNMENT TITLE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – THEORY AND PRACTICE CATHERINE CARLIN Introduction: In this assignment I am going to explore the core theme of Community Development. In doing so, I will come to understand various theories and concepts, relevant legislation and policy, underpinning values, principles and ethics, and practice application with all regards to community development. In the first section of the assignment I will analyse
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Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security Copyright © 2012 by the United Nations Development Programme 1 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise
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New http://nms.sagepub.com/ Media & Society Communication, community, crisis: Mapping uses and gratifications in the contemporary media environment Azi Lev-On New Media Society 2012 14: 98 originally published online 8 August 2011 DOI: 10.1177/1461444811410401 The online version of this article can be found at: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/1/98 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for New Media & Society can be found at: Email Alerts: http://nms
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Sample Letter of Inquiry The Virtual Community Group, Inc. 17 Park Road Rural Town, NH January 2, 2011 Jane Smith, Executive Director Xavier Foundation 555 S. Smith St. Washington, D.C. 22222 Dear Ms. Smith, I am writing to inquire whether the Xavier Foundation would invite a proposal from the Virtual Community Group, Inc., requesting an investment of $50,000 per year over two years to support our Enterprise 2000 initiative. This grant would provide part of the funds needed for us
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Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues Catherine Jordan Evangelina Orozco Amy Averett Contributors Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Lacy Wood Marilyn Fowler Margaret Myers National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools SEDL 4700 Mueller Blvd. Austin
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Brand communities Functional and social benefits Michael Ling July 2014 1 Prepared by Michael Ling WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS? 2 Prepared by Michael Ling Motivation • Frenzy in social media and an escalating interest in creating brand communities around websites. • We know little how customers behave in those communities. • Research in online brand communities has been scarce and under-developed (Bagozzi and Dholakia, 2002). 3 Prepared by Michael Ling 4 Prepared
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Dogs On Acid began life as a community on Bad Company's website, bcrecordings.com, back in 2000. One of the group's members, Dan Fresh, intended the community to be a place to discuss up-and-coming releases, mixes and gigs. Because their community grew in popularity and its content more and more covered the entire drum and bass spectrum, it was decided to start a new website under the Dogs On Acid moniker in 2001, an unusual name that stuck when Dan blurted it out as a joke while having a drink and
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