| Título: | The Intercom Ontario High-Bandwidth Residential Field Trial: Lessons Learned |
| Autores: |
Singh, Danièle Thomassin; York University Shane-Gill, Damian De; York University Durlak, Jerome; York University Roosen-Runge, Peter; York University |
| Fecha: | 1999-03-01 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: |
Communication Education; High bandwidth; Intercom Ontario |
| Descripción: | Abstract: This article explores the history of the Intercom Ontario field trial in which residents of 64 homes were offered a variety of digital communication services and access to digital content delivered over a symmetric high-bandwidth data network. Some insights gleaned from the trial are: novel services can be designed and successfully implemented at low cost by small, highly collaborative groups; broadband communication channels, such as two-way video, are likely to be exploited in ways not anticipated by the designers; people seek out a broader variety of content selections than traditional models predict; the value of a mailing list as a community-building tool extends to geographically based communities; the discrepancies between the ways in which the introduction of technological innovations are perceived by users, developers, and providers are significant, complex, and deserve further study. Résumé: Cet article explore l'histoire de recherches sur le terrain menées par Intercom Ontario au cours desquelles on a offert aux habitants de 64 maisons une variété de services de communication digitaux et l'accès à un contenu digital livré au moyen d'un réseau téléinformatique symétrique à haute largeur de bande. Parmi les observations recueillies grâce à ces recherches: de petits groupes capables de collaborer très étroitement peuvent concevoir et mettre en place des services inédits; on utilise les canaux de communication à large bande, comme les vidéos bidirectionnels, de façons que les concepteurs originaux n'auraient pas prédites; la valeur d'une liste de diffusion pour former des communautés s'étend à des communautés géographiques; les écarts entre les manières dont les créateurs, les fournisseurs et les utilisateurs d'innovations technologiques perçoivent l'introduction de celles-ci sont significatifs et complexes, et méritent d'être étudiés plus à fond. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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