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Communications Theme Mid-Term Review

Communications Theme Mid-Term Review. David Bruce Mount Allison University dwbruce@mta.ca 506-364-2395 http://nre.concordia.ca. Context for Communication. From Market to Information Society New functions for communication Web (networks - connections)

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Communications Theme Mid-Term Review

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  1. Communications ThemeMid-Term Review David Bruce Mount Allison University dwbruce@mta.ca 506-364-2395 http://nre.concordia.ca

  2. Context for Communication • From Market to Information Society • New functions for communication • Web (networks - connections) • Oil (transactions – speed and distance) • Glue (social cohesion - identity) • Building capacity with communications • Market, bureaucratic, associative, communal • Understand different types of communication

  3. Projects and Questions (1) • Communication Tools and Resources • How are communication tools changing? • Technology-Mediated Learning • How can new tech-based communication tools and resources facilitate learning and networking? • Traditional Media • How are functions changing for traditional media? • How has access to traditional media changed?

  4. Projects and Questions (2) • Communication Strategies • How do new communication practices facilitate or inhibit capacity building under the new conditions? • Internet User Survey • How do rural people use the Internet? • How does it facilitate or inhibit capacities? • Newspaper Editor Survey • What identities are fostered or inhibited by editors? • Which identities facilitate or inhibit capacities?

  5. Evidence To Date: Context Matters • Web (networks) • More networks among people who are in Leading and High Capacity sites • Broadband lacking (but coming) • Traditional tools more useful in Lagging sites • Oil (transactions) • Local papers in Leading and High Capacity sites • Newsletters in Lagging and High Capacity sites • Glue (social cohesion and identity) • More events in Lagging and Low Capacity sites

  6. 22 sites 9 key topic areas Facilitated, on-line learning “chats” Participant assessments and evaluations Chat transcripts (17) and messages Insights Face-to-face remains important Critical mass needed Focus necessary Builds ‘weak ties’ Technology-Mediated Learning

  7. Further Research • Evaluating impacts • Communications and other NRE Themes • Rural strategies for an Information Society

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