More and more schools are facing the challenge of preserving local community’s culture while preparing the citizens of the “global village”. In this paper we discuss how communityware can support schools in facing this new challenge. In particular, we describe the experience of a school in Venice, Italy, with the adoption of Campiello, a system supporting the exchange of information among commu...

This study examines the sources of geographic variance in commercial Internet use. Until now, two opposing views have been argued on the relationship between Internet technology and economic agglomeration. One view, which we term global village theory, asserts that Internet technology helps lower communication costs and break down geographic boundaries between firms. The other view, labeled urb...

With the global village approaching a new era of aesthetic economy powered by culture creative, every country is actively seeking inspirational resources for culturally creative product design. Chinese traditional poetry, full of expression created with poets’ fascinating words and still highly appreciated today, carries not only our predecessors’ wisdom but also principles which correspond to ...

The study of intercultural communication has tried to answer the question, “How do people understand one another when they do not share a common cultural experience?” Just a few decades ago, this question was one faced mainly by diplomats, expatriates, and the occasional international traveler. Today, living in multicultural societies within a global village, we all face the question every day....

This study aims to discover the relationship between social adjustment and homesickness among new santri. The subject of was santri in tenth grade Madrasah Aliyah As’adiyah Putra Sengkang Wajo Regency. A total 62 were selected using simple random sampling technique. instruments scale developed by researchers. correlation test with Kendall's tau-b implemented analyze data. analysis showed that t...