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Department of Human Relations, Kyoto Koka Women’s University
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Members of the Ninjin-net Association, a NPO involved in community informatization activities participated in this study.

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as a “bulletin board,”“event information,”
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200 words “galleryinformation,” and “volunteer information,” support services
for informatization such as “Nagayo 1000 homepage” and“Let’s start a club,” and digital archives such as a video
library and the “Nagayo photo diary”. In addition to thehomepage, volunteer residents of Nagayo give IT seminars
every fall on topics such as how to make webpages or New
Year’s cards. The idea behind this is that “locals can learn
from locals”. Through these efforts, the Ninjin-net homepage
functions as a comprehensive information portal site fornews and activities in Nagayo (Ishimori 2006). In 2005,
Ninjin-net was recognized with a Nikkei Regional
Information Orientation Award and the Community
Revitalization Center Prize.

Key words: sense of community, community informatization activities, …

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The cumulative total of registered
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30,000 as of June 30, 2007 (Quality of Life Policy -Bureau,
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Cabinet Office 2007), anda rich variety and number ofactivities are being undertaken across many localcommunities. Many researchers participate directly in these
activities as part of detailed case studies (for example, Sasaki
2001), and, although not limited to NPOs, there have also
been studies analyzing what motivates people to participate
in volunteer activities through some kind of organization orgroup (for example, Sakurai 2002, 2005).
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January 2005,and
nearlyall areas of the town were available forservice, and approximately 360 households were signed up
for internet service (at 1500 yen per month).
Ninjin-net’s homepage features local information such3. Survey method
3.1. Survey procedure
Survey time span: the survey was conducted from theend of August through the beginning of September 2005.
Survey subjects: this was a comprehensive survey of all 354
members of the Ninjin-net Association who were residing in
Nagayo-cho, Nishisonogi-gun, Nagasaki prefecture as of theend of July 2005.
Survey procedure: anonymous questionnaire surveys
were sent by postal mail. Prior to sending the surveys,
invitations to participate in the study were posted on thehomepage and sent via e-mail to all members at the end ofAugust.

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Fig. 2 Average scores for men and women for sense ofcommunity
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