The role of telecommunications in facilitating community engagement, social capital and social inclusion
Bandias, Susan
10.4225/03/5906b3531a20b
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/The_role_of_telecommunications_in_facilitating_community_engagement_social_capital_and_social_inclusion/4955864
This paper examines the role of telecommunications in sustainable social and economic development of urban, rural and remote communities in the Northern Territory of Australia through the theoretical lens of social capital. Whilst the essence of social capital is quality social relations, the concept intersects with telecommunications and Information Communications Technology (ICT) in a number of ways. The potential of ICT to disseminate information quickly, to reach vast numbers of people simultaneously and to include the previously excluded is immense. Meaningful access to ICT is however, embedded in a complex array of factors encompassing physical, digital, human and social resources and relationships. Consequently, this paper examines the nexus between social relations of mutual benefit, telecommunications access and social inclusion amongst diverse communities. Four communities, which included two urban, a rural and a remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory of Australia are the focus of this research paper.
Copyright 2009 Susan Bandias. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
2017-05-01 04:02:25
10.2104/tja09045
Social capital
journal article
Indigenous
monash:110699
1835-4270
Social inclusion
1959.1/789233
Telecommunications