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dc.contributor.authorBeavis, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Helen
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:46:18Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:46:18Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2010-07-16T06:08:58Z
dc.identifier.issn1463631X
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14636310500061292
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32298
dc.description.abstractDespite the interest of sociologists and educational researchers in Internet cafs as sites for new cultural and social formations and informal learning, thus far little attention has been paid to the function of caf owners, managers and other staff in the mediation and co-construction of those spaces. Drawing from interviews with managers of commercial Internet cafs in Australia specialising in LAN (Local Area Network) gaming, this article seeks to examine their role and their attitudes more closely; in particular with regard to school-aged users of their facilities. We contend that LAN cafs are liminal spaces situated at the margins of Australian culture and located at the junctions between home, school and the street, online and offline spaces, work and play. The roles of LAN caf managers are similarly ambiguous: in many ways they can be regarded as informal teachers facilitating the process of informal learning.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom41
dc.relation.ispartofpageto60
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEducation, Communication & Information
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation Systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2001
dc.titleLAN cafes: cafes, places of gathering or sites of informal teaching and learning?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBeavis, Catherine A.


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