6 pages., via website,Ryerson Review of Journalism., Between the hours of about 4 p.m. to midnight, Ashleigh Weeden goes dark. Not for the usual reasons, though. In Weeden’s southwestern Ontario town, the internet connection becomes—for all practical purposes—nonexistent during those hours. The PhD student at the University of Guelph lives in Ariss, Ontario, a “dispersed rural community” sandwiched between urban centres like Guelph and Kitchener. Despite paying about $250 monthly for internet access, she finds herself shut out of the internet. “…[S]ometimes [internet speed] goes one, maybe half a megabyte down,” she says. “I can’t grade, I can’t do anything, there’s no point, I might as well give up until about midnight.”
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11002
Notes:
Online from the United Soybean Board via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages., Summary of survey results reported in "Rural broadband and the American Farmer: Connectivity challenges limit agriculture's economic impact and sustainability." Findings reflected responses from more than 2,000 U.S. primary and secondary farm operators in a combination of online and mail-in surveys.
2 pages., Via online summary of an online article dated December 10, 2018, from PCMag.com., "This represents an important step towards a more inclusive global information society," International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Houlin Zhao said in a statement. However, he added that more needs to be done to connect the rest of the world to internet.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11769
Notes:
Online from BroadbandNow, a registered trademark of Centerfield BBN LLC. 3 pages., Whereas the FCC reports that broadband is unavailable to 21.3 million Americans, BroadbandNow Research analyzed FCC Form 477 data and estimated that 42 million Americans do not have the ability to purchase broadband internet. This is an additional 6.5 percent of Americans beyond FCC estimates.
Online from publication via subscription., A new report focuses on internet infrastructures on tribal lands and how tribes can use it to strengthen their sovereignty.
Abdullah, Ma'n (author), Theobald, Dale E. (author), Butler, Donna (author), Kroenke, Kurt (author), Perkins, Anthony (author), Edgerton, Sara (author), and Dugan, William M. Jr. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25803
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26287
Notes:
Via Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 2 pages., Describes expansion of a program begun in 2002 whereby publishers make information available on the Internet to scientists in developing countries, free or almost free of charge. "Information charity."
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26291
Notes:
6 pages., Case study of an information distribution service providing farmers and traders with access to market and technical information on crops and other commodities with which they deal in the form of a newspaper, magazines, short message service by mobile phone, and web services.
Yongling, Zhong (author), Riggs, Michael (author), Heller, Nathaniel (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26294
Notes:
8 pages., Case study of a government-supported information service center, called "Service Station," that provides (and gathers) information from farmers at county, township and village levels. Uses electronic and other channels.
Travers, Helen (author), Hunter, Ernest (author), Gibson, Julie (author), and Campion, Jonathan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-09
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26363
Notes:
6 pages., Describes the National HITnet Development Program (Health Interactive Technology Network). It uses touchscreen technology and interactive multimedia approaches to address health issues and choices in indigenous communities of Australia.
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.
Via online issue. 4 pages., One of five articles featuring "The challenges of rural journalism" in this special section of the May 2007 issue of Montana Journalism Review.
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."
Matthess, Annemarie (author) and Kreutz, Christian (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
International: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eshborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29014
Notes:
41 pages., Provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the possible limits to the participatory web..
Lightfoot, Clive (author) and Nyimbo, Vincon (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Tanzania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29783
Notes:
Pages 92-94 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Shukla, Paraj (author) and Singh, Anand P. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-08-23
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35651
Notes:
Presented at the World Library and Information Congress, Milan, Italy, August 23-27, 2009. Via International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague, Netherlands. 20 pages.
Bakar, A.B.A. (author) and Alhadri, A.Y.A.L (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-08-23
Published:
Malaysia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35653
Notes:
Presented at the World Library and Information Congress, Milan, Italy, August 23-27, 2009. Via International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague, Netherlands. 10 pages.
Button, Angela (author), Partridge, Helen (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-11-05
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35681
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2007, Prato, Italy, November 5-7, 2007. 13 pages., Analysis of 12 community and neighborhood websites in France, Canada and the U.S.
Mitrovic, Zoran (author), Taylor, Wallace (author), Bytheway, Andy (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-11-05
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35683
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2007, Prato, Italy, November 5-7, 2007. 10 pages., Identifies gap between support services provided by ICTs and acceptance and use of those services by businesses.
Xiaoming, Hao (author), Banerjee, Indrajit (author), and Jinqui, Zhao (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-12-15
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36116
Notes:
Presented to the Conference on Empowering Rural Communities through ICT Policy and Research, Chennai, India, December 15-17, 2007. 17 pages., Case study of a rural community internet access center that lacked sustainability.
Manuel Ramos, Jose (author) and Davila, Luis (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36161
Notes:
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/y4721e/y4721e00.pdf, Pages 189-198 in Bruce Girard (ed.), The one to watch: radio, new ICTs and interactivity, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 243 pages. In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Geneva Office and Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service, Research, Extension and Training Division, Sustainable Development Department. 243 pages.
