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

    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
    Subject Term:
    employment, Internet, interpersonal communication, networks, roles, rural areas, rural communities, rural people, social structure, telephone communication, information technology, digital, digital divide, and computer
    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.

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