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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Rural Community Participation, Social Networks, and Broadband Use: Examples from Localized and National Survey Data
Autores: | Stern,   Michael J.; Adams,   Alison E.; Boase,   Jeffrey.
Data: | 2011-11-11
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Rural sociology; Social networks; Broadband; Digital inequality; Volunteerism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Resumo: | Although attention has been given to how broadband access is related to economic development in rural areas, scant consideration has been given to how it may be associated with voluntary participation. This issue is important in that numerous studies have shown how much more vital community participation is in rural areas as compared to suburban and urban places. Drawing on three diverse data sets, we examine the influence of broadband access on community participation. In addition, we explore whether broadband access exerts its influence through, in conjunction with, or independent of social networks. The results suggest that broadband access and social network size have independent effects on volunteering in rural places.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/117769
Relação: | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review&gt; Volume 40, Number 2, August 2011
Formato: | 14