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2. Do rural residents really use the Internet to build social capital? An empirical investigation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stern, Michael J. (author) and Adams, Alison E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA: Sage Publications
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10205
- Journal Title:
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Journal Title Details:
- 53(9) : 1389-1422
- Notes:
- Via online UI subscription, Recent research suggests that Internet usage can positively influence social capital in rural communities by fostering avenues for voluntary participation and creating social networks. Most of this research has examined whether Internet use is associated with participation in local organizations and social networks but not the means by which residents use the technology to learn about local activities. To address this gap in the literature, the authors use a mixed-methods approach in an isolated rural region of the western United States to evaluate how residents use their connections to maintain local social networks and learn about local community events and organizations. The authors show that Internet usage can play an important role in building social capital in rural communities, thus extending the systemic model of rural voluntary participation and community attachment. Implications for rural community development are addressed.
3. Evaluating farmers’ access to agricultural information: evidence from semi-arid region of Rajasthan State, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Parmar, Ishwar S. (author), Soni, Peeyush (author), Kuwornu, John K. M. (author), and Salin, Krishna R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-21
- Published:
- MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10331
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(3)
- Notes:
- 17 pages., Via open source journal., The rural farmers in western Rajasthan State are uneducated and most of the applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are demonstrated and run in the English Language. The majority of these rural farmers who are illiterates with a very low level of understanding of the English Language find it difficult to take advantage of the availability of ICT to facilitate their access to information for their farm businesses. This study examined the role of ICT in enhancing the farmers’ access to production and marketing information in western Rajasthan State in India. Primary data was collected from 133 farmers consisting of 71 ICT users and 62 Non-ICT users through questionnaire administration. The results of the Analysis of Variance test regarding the farmers’ access to different types of production and marketing information revealed that the user type (i.e., ICT versus Non-ICT user) significantly explains the differences in farmers’ access to the different types of marketing and production information. These results are consistent with the empirical results of the student’s t-test that farmers’ access to different types of production and marketing information from ICT sources is significantly higher than from Non-ICT sources. Consistently, the empirical results of the multiple regressions revealed that the percentage of production and marketing information obtained from ICT sources had positive significant influence on the farmers’ access to marketing and production information; and that the percentage of marketing and production information obtained from Non-ICT sources had negative significant influence on the farmers’ access to marketing and production information. These results suggest that ICT sources of marketing and production information play a crucial role in the farmers’ access to this information for their business operations. The implication is that proper education and training of farmers (especially the female farmers) about the utilization of ICT sources to accelerate access to information is crucial
4. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acting chairman Copps releases report on broadband strategy for rural America
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2009-05-27
- Published:
- USA: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11767
- Notes:
- Full FCC report at http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/ruralbroadband, Via online from publisher. 2 pages., "Report to Congress important building block for national broadband plan"