What Lies Beyond Virtual Community Informatics - Expanding a Research Agenda

Authors

Olga Petkova, Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Doncho Petkov, Eastern Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Marianne D'Onofrio, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow

Abstract

The paper suggests directions for future work by bringing together the perspectives of researchers in community informatics (CI) and community operations research (COR). It begins with the assumption that community informatics has evolved into a broader field which includes also virtual CI. The outlined possibilities for future research in CI result from an analysis of past critiques of community informatics and of the evolution of group support systems and COR. The presented ideas complement and expand an earlier research agenda for virtual community informatics, aiming at the development of a better understanding of the needs for networking of virtual and physical communities.

Recommended Citation

Petkova, Olga; Petkov, Doncho; and D'Onofrio, Marianne (2006) "What Lies Beyond Virtual Community Informatics - Expanding a Research Agenda," Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA): Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jitta/vol8/iss1/6