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ERIC Number: EJ491480
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Rural Ties to Computer Networks: A Sociological Overview.
Shane, Jackie C.
Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, p161-66 1994
Discusses using the Internet as a tool for delivering information to rural areas and the possible benefits, such as telecommuting, effective dissemination of medical information, and the promotion of grass-roots activism. The means rural residents use to connect to the Internet and their use of bulletin board systems are described. (nine references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Activism, Citizen Participation, Computer Networks, Democracy, Electronic Mail, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Sources, Rural Areas, Teleworking
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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