Networkedneighbourhoods - networkedneighbourhoods.com - Networked Neighbourhoods
General Information:
Latest News:
Online networks in low income areas 27 Oct 2012 | 12:40 am
Our report into the viability of local online channels in low income areas has now been published. It describes and reflects on four experimental projects carried out during 2011-2012 in separate loca...
Networked Neighbourhoods: autumn update 19 Oct 2012 | 10:17 pm
The future of the high street Hugh Flouch was invited to speak at an RIBA Building Futures debate recently, for the inevitably doomed but thought-provoking motion ‘This house believes that the future...
Naming networks and shaming neighbours 19 Oct 2012 | 05:53 pm
The BBC and the Guardian both published articles yesterday about the various ways people communicate with their neighbours through the naming of their wifi networks. Apparently ‘We can hear you havin...
Social media, weak ties and social divisions 4 Jul 2012 | 04:59 pm
The Beeb has a piece this morning which features Danah Boyd suggesting that social media use is not stimulating diversity of ties. It’s not clear whether or not her comments are based on research, bu...
Awards for Community Online 19 Jun 2012 | 03:36 am
It’s great to see recognition, in the form of two recent awards, for Community Online, the service which covers the ‘three villages’ of Gobowen, St Martin’s and Weston Rhyn villages in Shropshire. We...
Stimulating digital conversations in low income areas: lessons from Local 2.0 and e-democracy.org 15 Jun 2012 | 08:00 pm
Our 2010 research study, along with plenty of anecdotal evidence, has helped build up a convincing argument for investment in neighbourhood online networks. We argue that investment and intervention m...
Here and now: UK hyperlocal media today 13 Apr 2012 | 12:38 am
How important is the ‘hyperlocal’ sector, what does it cover, and what are its prospects for sustained development? Will hyperlocal resources really fulfil their promise and bring about distinctive so...
What can local websites offer the BBC and other public service providers? 2 Mar 2012 | 12:30 am
Networked Neighbourhoods has been working with the BBC to test the potential contribution of an alliance of London neighbourhood sites, using the forthcoming digital switchover as a catalyst. With re...
Big Local: 50 new areas announced 1 Mar 2012 | 10:39 am
Today saw the announcement of the next wave of 50 Big Local areas in England, along with a celebratory event with the Big Lottery Fund and the local project which is already underway in South Bermonds...
What kind of online neighbour are you? 29 Feb 2012 | 09:58 am
Here’s a slightly tongue-in-cheek US article suggesting the stereotypes you might find on a neighbourhood site – ‘the wonders and weirdos on your email group’. They include: The loose cannon The arm...
