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    1. "Reconnecting" the unemployed: information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    McQuaid, Ronald W. (author), Lindsay, Colin (author), and Greig, Malcolm (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23242
    Journal Title:
    Information Communication and Society
    Journal Title Details:
    7(3) : 364-388
    Notes:
    Authors identify challenges and potentials for using new information technologies, such as the Internet, to help jobseekers in rural labour markets find employment. Social networks and telephone helplines were found to be used most at present.

    2. $6 billion for rural broadband: a hatchet or a scalpel?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-01-15
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28742
    Notes:
    2 pages., Suggests the U.S. government use funds from an economic stimulus package to establish and operate a Rural Fiber Fund.

    4. A blind curve on the info highway?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Schulken, Mary (author / Charlotte Observer)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-02-20
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28841
    Journal Title:
    Charlotte Observer (North Caroline)
    Notes:
    Via online issues. 2 pages., Author alerts readers to a move to "put the mapping for where service is needed in the hands of Connected Nation, a company representing big telecommunications companies."

    5. A window on the wider world? Rural children's use of information and communication technologies

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Valentine, Gill (author) and Holloway, Sarah L. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2001-10
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23957
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    17(4) : 383-394
    Notes:
    "Our findings expose a clear contrast between the ambitious and future oriented ways in which adults imagine ICTwill expand their children's educational and employment opportunities, and social and special horizons, and the everyday ways in which these technologies actually emerge for children in practice."

    6. Action

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hoffert, Paul (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    Canada
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23253
    Journal Title:
    Canadian Journal of Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    27(4) : 429-437
    Notes:
    Author examines the disadvantages, from the perspective of online connectivity, of those who do not speak English, those who live in rural areas and those who are disabled or technically challenged.

    7. Advertising ecotourism on the internet: commodifying environment and culture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Steeves, H. Leslie (author), Dorsey, Elizabeth R. (author), and Porras, Luz Estella (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36569
    Journal Title:
    New Media and Society
    Journal Title Details:
    6(6) : 753-779

    8. Appreciating the contribution of broadband ICT [information and communication technology] with rural and remote communities: stepping stones toward an alternative paradigm

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ramirez, Ricardo (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25991
    Journal Title:
    The Information Society
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 85-94