Title: Exploring the integration of community communication technologies: case birdwatchers
Authors: Kaisa Still, Minna Isomursu, Soili Vainamo
Addresses: Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014, Finland. ' Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014, Finland. ' Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014, Finland
Abstract: We explore how an interest-based community integrates various communication technologies, what benefits technology integration brings and what kinds of effects integration has for community operation. We evaluate the quality of the technology integration by using concepts of adaptation and perceptual experience.
Keywords: interest-based communities; user needs studies; mobile systems; web-based communities; technology integration; communication technologies; virtual communities; community informatics; mobile communications; interactivity; immersion; connectivity.
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006932
International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2005 Vol.1 No.3, pp.346 - 359
Published online: 25 Apr 2005 *
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