Crowder, L. Van (author), Truelove, Wendy (author), Dion, David (author), and Anderson, Jon (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36218
Notes:
Section 4 in Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley (eds.), The first mile of connectivity, Communication for Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Via online. 6 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27908
Notes:
Presented at the Participatory Communication Research Section in the annual meeting of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002. 11 pages.
Examines five cases of rural areas that deployed information and communication technology programs. "There is little evidence that telecommunications lead to economic growth or that businesses in the communities are using ICT extensively." Instead, "the physical deployment of the hardware is not sufficient to achieve success."
Hudson, Heather E. (author) and Parker, Edwin B. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA: Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16748
Notes:
306 pages, Role of rural telecommunications infrastructures in economic development; recommendations for state development agencies. Prepared for the Ford Foundation and the Rural Economic Policy Program, Aspen Institute.
