To What Extent Can Free Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Reinvigorate Church Square in Pretoria?

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dc.contributor.authorPule, Katlego
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-26T10:28:15Z
dc.date.available2016-08-26T10:28:15Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionPlanning Honours Report 2015, Wits Universityen_ZA
dc.description.abstractSome critics of the information age believe that technology could potentially add to a public space’s genius loci as the internet is fast becoming ubiquitous in cities. Through investigating this phenomenon, this research report explored the impact of free wifi in Pretoria’s Church Square focusing on how it affects the functions and user’s social interactions within the space. The methods used for exploring this were adopted from existing case studies employing user surveys and various observations techniques. The findings revealed that free wifi alone cannot alter the user’s social interactions and the functions of Church Square to a great extent as there are other contributors to the space’s genius loci. Despite this limitation, the presence of free wifi adds another dimension by encouraging alternative methods of communication in Church Square.  en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipWits Post Graduate Merit Awarden_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPule, K (2015). To What Extent Can Free Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Reinvigorate Church Square in Pretoria? , Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20953
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectpublic space, internet, Church Square, communication, information ageen_ZA
dc.titleTo What Extent Can Free Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Reinvigorate Church Square in Pretoria?en_ZA
dc.typeReporten_ZA
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