Speakeasy: Overcoming barriers and promoting community development in an immigrant neighborhood

DIS2004 - Designing Interactive Systems: Across the Spectrum

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 345-348

  Hirsch, Tad ^a   Liu, Jeremy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Asian Comm Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Collective efficacy; Community development; Design; Immigrant communities; Mobile telephones

Indexed keywords

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; INFORMATION INTERFACES; MOBILE TELEPHONES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VIDEO CONFERENCING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 10044229355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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