Qualitative research in IS: issues and trends
Qualitative research in IS: issues and trends
A classification scheme for interpretive research in information systems
Qualitative research in IS
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Republic.com
Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies
Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies
Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities
Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities
America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940
America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940
Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age
Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age
Politics as Usual
Who participates and why?: an analysis of citizens on the internet and the mass public
Social Science Computer Review - E-government
Equality in the information age
The digital divide
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Social Workers and Broadband Advocacy: Social Justice and Information Communications Technologies
Social Science Computer Review
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In this work, the authors examine four cases of municipalities that have attempted to create municipal-sponsored wireless broadband networks. In each of these cases, one of the reasons given for establishing the network was to engage the citizens in their community and government. In each of these cases, the efforts have failed in some way. This problem rests on several assumptions. First, these municipalities believe in the importance and need to increase civic engagement, public participation in local government. They also believe that one way to do this is through increasing access to broadband Internet. In this article, we argue against a simplistic, deterministic, utopian view of information and communication technologies. We argue that in the case of local governments, choices made by government officials to solve social problems with technology are often made out of hope, frustration, inadequate funding, and inadequate knowledge. These public technology projects are often met with failure and often lead to further distance and mistrust between local governments, public officials, and citizens.