Here is one article:
Low-Income Communities: Technological Strategies for Nurturing Community, Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency at a Low-Income Housing Development
Richard L. O'Bryant
(Results indicated regular computer and Internet use and some positive correlation between in-home computing/internet use and a sense of connection to family, friends and their local community. There was no evidence that in-home computer use led to family and/or social isolation.-- took this from the abstract)
http://www.thenationalforum.org/Docs/PDF/RS_Monograph_05.pdf#page=66
Content Development in an Indigenous Digital Library: a case study in Community Participation
(This paper presents a case study in community participation in developing content for a digital library of local indigenous knowledge. Description of the programme highlights interaction between the library, the community and the technology used. Implementation challenges, results and lessons learnt are discussed and benefits to the community pointed out -- taken from the abstract, but yeah - I read it)
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.150.6961&rep=re...