Online communities

the Internet: Craigslist’s Digital Forum’s My ethnography is focused on the digital community present in the Craigslist politics world forum, where people can create and comment on threads of topics and questions that interested them and other members. My main interest of this ethnography is why members and visitors of the Craigslist politics world forum specifically use this digital community to discuss the upcoming US presidential election when there are many different outlets for this

The purpose of the Community Themes and Strengths Assessment (CTSA) is to provide answers to the questions: “What is important to Chicago community?” “How do Chicagoans perceived the quality of life?” and “What assets do we have as a city that can be used to improve the Chicago community health?”. The CTSA phase will result in a powerful understanding of Chicago community concerns and issues, their perceptions about quality of life and a map of community assets. The information collected during the

1010-11 30 July 2015 CR #2 Neil Postman’s Depiction of Social Media The words community and conversation both have concrete definitions. The definition of community is a group of people that either live together or share a common characteristic. A conversation is an exchange of ideas through spoken words. In the article, titled Technology, Neil Postman states: “how the words 'community' and 'conversation' are now used to mean, simply, people with similar interests, a considerable

I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. Even though I hit a few hiccups along the way I pushed through. I think it will help in my future endeavor in community development. Many people can benefit by taking this class and learning more about the health issues within a community. The information can also be carried on and utilized within many other professions. I have shared many of my learning experiences from this class with family and friends and have passed on a lot of knowledge. I honestly

Community, what is community? How would you define it? Community can be defined as a geographic location in a way that a group of individuals live in the same area like a neighborhood, a city, a district, a town, or a country. In simplest terms, it is where you live. However, individuals can also feel a sense of community through the place where they grew up or where they often go and visit. It can also be a group of individuals who have certain characteristics in common such as religion, race or

Directions: Community and Population Health Windshield Survey This assessment is a foundational exercise for you to learn about your environment and explore where you live. Take some time to intentionally explore your county. Look at your county as the home and the place of work for the county residents. While driving through your community, stop for coffee or have lunch in a neighborhood. Find a place to eat where you can sit down as part of the community. You may want to walk around your

Community Snapshot Reflection The community snapshot taught me several things. It taught me how important a sense of community is for the families that attend Davis Magnet School. Davis selects its students from a lottery from families that live in the Newport Mesa Unified School District. This means that this is not a neighborhood school and the school itself must create a feeling of a close community. The school has a daily school wide flag salute to celebrate birthdays, make announcements

Sustainable Community? Subject- Geography Topic- Sustainability Introduction Sustainability is currently a global concern. In recent years scientists have publicised theories that the Earth will not be able to cope with the exponential growth of pollution and resource consumption. At present there are many examples of areas that have made their communities sustainable as a result of the UN millennium goal. These goals stated…One example is Milagro. This is a community in Arizona

Sociology C167: Virtual Communities/Social Media Midterm In Christians Under Covers, Kelsy Burke discusses the social construction of evangelical sexuality online. Many components that she discusses has been laid out in works by Nancy Baym as well as Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. Baym explains how virtual communities are made up of individuals who share values, beliefs, and culture; resources and support; and identities. Berger and Luckmann explain that reality is socially constructed through

'Friday Night Lights' where all of us come together as one and pack the stands for the weekly high school football games. To me, the key to the city represents our town and our community due to its strength, its speed, and because with any problem that is thrown at us we unlock it together as one to solve it. Like all communities Springfield has its faults such as