Grete Rusten / Sarah Skerratt (eds.)

Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society

Herausgeber: Rusten, Grete; Skerratt, Sarah

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415411165
• ISBN-10: 0415411165
• Artikelnr.: 23594507

Autorenporträt

Grete Rusten is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Norway Sarah Skerratt is Senior Researcher and Team Leader in Rural Development and Society Research at the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh

Inhaltsangabe

1. Being Rural in a Digital Age 2. Lost in Cyberspace?: Website Performance
Among Firms Located in Rural Areas of Norway: The Niche Food Sector 3. Lone
Eagles and High Flyers: Rural-based Business and Professional Service Firms
and Information Communication Technology 4. Connecting Local Food to Global
Consumers via the Internet 5. The Persistence of Place: The Importance of
Shared Participation Environments When Deploying Icts in Rural Areas 6.
Digital Divides Within Households 7. Revitalising Rural Europe's
Indigengous Languages: 'Technologisation' and the Gaelic Language 8. Policy
and the Rural Information Society