Colleagues:

The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at
http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of
Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of
interest.

Thanks for the continuing interest in our work,

Special issue Editors: Suely Fragoso and Gilda Olinto
Editor in Chief: Michael Gurstein
Journal of Community Informatics, Centre for Community Informatics Research,
Development and Training, Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 Fax
604-602-0624 gurstein@gmail.com

The Journal of Community Informatics
Special Double Issue: The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil Table
of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/29

Editorial

Special Double Issue: The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil
       Gilda Olinto,   Suely Fragoso

Editorial: Community Informatics in Brazil
       Michael Gurstein

Points of View

Internet use in Brazil: speeding up or lagging behind?
       Gilda Olinto,   Suely Fragoso

Articles

Participation and Deliberation on the Internet: A Case Study of Digital
Participatory Budgeting in Belo Horizonte
       Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Rousiley Celi Moreira Maia,     Francisco
Paulo Jamil
Almeida Marques

Participatory Development of Technologies as a Way to Increase Community
Participation: the Cidade de Deus Web Portal Case
       Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear,        Michel Thiollent

Mastering Of Hypermedia Resources By Virtual Learning Communities:
Possibilities And Constraints For Interaction, Communication And
Construction Of Network Knowledge.
       Carla Lopes Rodrigues,  José Armando Valente

Situating Learning for Digital Inclusion in the Social Context of
Communities
       Fabio Nauras Akhras

Garden of Literacies: ICDT Contributing to the Construction of New Realities
for Digitally-Excluded Senior Citizens
       Ivan Ferrer Maia,       José Armando Valente

Evaluating ICT Adoption in Rural Brazil: A Quantitative Analysis of
Telecenters as Agents of Social Change
       Paola Prado,    Mauro Araújo Câmara,    Marco Aurélio de Figueiredo

Reports

SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE / USP: TWENTY YEARS OF VANGUARD IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
       Brasilina Passarelli

The Rede Brasil De Bibliotecas Comunitárias: A Space For Sharing Information
And Building New Knowledge
       Elisa Campos Machado,   Geraldo Moreira Prado,  Abraão Antunes da
Silva,  Jailton Lira,   Kleber Tadashi

The Development of an Information System for the Solidarity Economy Movement
       Alan Freihof Tygel,     Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear

Reviews

Welcome to JOCI reviews
       Kate Williams

Fullilove, Mindy Thompson. (2004) Root Shock: How Tearing Up City
Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It. New York: One
World/Ballantine Books, 2004.  USD 14.95.
       Aiko Takazawa

Melo, J.M. de, Gobbi, M.C. & Sathler, L. (Eds.) (2006). Mídia Cidadã: Utopia
Brasileira. São Bernardo do Campo, SP: Universidade Metodista de São Paulo.
BRL 32.00 (Brazilian reais).
       Noah Lenstra

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Colleagues --I am a looking for a reference or two on the reliablity and
validity etc. of self-reports to websites. Suggetions would be most
appreciated and I will assume that  any responses to his query are
themselves beyond rapproach. Many thanks  --Gary

www.garymarx.net