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A concept of the cultural form is used to analyse the development of community telematics services. The article is based on empirical research of the development of telematics in the East End of London. It is argued that the use and development of a technology expresses a social vision, creates a powerful symbol and engages us in a form of life. In the case of telematics this involves addressing a rethinking of citizenship along the lines of consumerism, and understanding how that interacts with the development of telematics in local contexts such as the East End. This grounds an understanding of the innovation of telematics in the material, social and cultural aspects of a cultural form, which in so doing helps to assess telematics' role and value in the contemporary public sphere.
Author(s): Wessels B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: New Media and Society
Year: 2000
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 427-444
ISSN (print): 1461-4448
ISSN (electronic): 1461-7315
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14614440022225896
DOI: 10.1177/14614440022225896
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