ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness
By: by Nor Aziah Alias
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Publisher: Springer New York; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781461469018
Subjects: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Information systems; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing; Computer science; Management of Computing and Information Systems
Description: ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has played a pivotal role in the rural community development of various countries. To highlight the continued benefits of ICT in these regions, the book presents an in-depth case study that analyzes the connectedness within the rural internet centers of Malaysia. The book is intended primarily for researchers and practitioners as a reference guide to ICTD in rural environments.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Chapter 1: An overview of connectedness; title: Chapter 2: ICTD and Rural Connectedness; title: Chapter 3: A case of Rural Connectedness: The Malaysian Rural Internet Center (RICs) Users’ Experience; title: Afterword.