ABSTRACT
The idea that society is going through a process, or processes, of social transformation, in which the hierarchical and class-based power structures of industrial society are giving way to an age of networked social structures, provides us with a thought-provoking point of departure for our considerations of community uses of ICTs for a number of reasons.First, it highlights the major thrust of network society theory. Second, it provides a structural frame within which the practices of communities in contemporary society can be understood. Third, it provides socio-economic context to the changing and challenging environment in which communities often struggle to exist – and in which our journey into community practice in the network society occurs.
