Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society

by Grete Rusten (Editor), Sarah Skerratt (Editor)

Overview

Drawing together the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international perspective on the on how and the extent to which the experiential nature of being rural, whether as an business manager in an SME (or micro-enterprise), a non-business person, a retired inhabitant or a housewife is changing as Information

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134220816
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/11/2007
Series:	Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

1. Being Ruralin aDigital Age 2. Lost in Cyberspace?: Website Performance Among Firms Locatedin Rural Areasof Norway: The Niche Food Sector 3. Lone Eagles andHigh Flyers: Rural-based Businessand Professional Service Firmsand Information Communication Technology 4. Connecting Local Foodto Global Consumersviathe Internet 5. The Persistenceof Place: The Importanceof Shared Participation Environments When Deploying IctsinRural Areas 6. Digital Divides Within Households 7. Revitalising Rural Europe’s Indigengous Languages: 'Technologisation'and theGaelic Language 8. Policyand theRural Information Society