Newmarket, northeast of Toronto, Ontario is the site of one of North America's first "wired communities." Paul Hoffert wrote a book about it, titled "The Bagel Effect: A Compass to Navigate Our Wired World". See "Block Party" by Paul Hoffert at http://www.canspeak.com/BigIdea.htm . For more information, go to Google.com and search on - "wired community", Newmarket - and you'll find a number of items relating to this "wired community"............Alex ====================================== Alex Kuskis PhD Candidate OISE/University of Toronto e-Learning Consultant, e-Scholars.ca Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University http://www.royalroads.ca/oll/madl/information.htm akuskis@ican.net - Alex.Kuskis@utoronto.ca "Learning a living" - Marshall McLuhan ----- Original Message ----- From: CRAIG MURRAY To: air-l@aoir.org ; air-l-request@aoir.org Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:00 AM Subject: [Air-l] networking communities Hi everyone. I would appreciate any help members of the list can provide regarding studies of locally computer networked communities. Can anyone point me to references that cover the impact of networking such communities (for instance placing networked computers in peoples homes who all live on the same street)? I am particularly interested in that work that looks at the social capital that such initiatives produce. Would any members have similar references regarding the local networking of people with various disabilities? Thanks in advance for any help members can provide. Best wishes, Craig. Craig D. Murray Lecturer in Psychology Department of Psychology Liverpool Hope University College Hope Park Liverpool L16 9JD UNITED KINGDOM TEL: +44 (0)151 291 3883