Digital Deliverance

Digital Deliverance
Author: Judson C. Edwards
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0761845534

This book offers a practice-based approach to developing strategies for utilizing broadband telecommunications for rural economic development. Edwards addresses four key questions in the publication: 1) How important is broadband telecommunications in the achievement of rural economic development success in the information-based economy? 2) What are the critical factors in assessing the potential of rural communities to utilize broadband telecommunications for economic development? 3) What policy trends are proposed to assist communities in the advancement of telecommunication-based economic development strategies? And 4) How can local leadership assist in the implementation of broadband for economic development success? By answering these important questions, Edwards provides the reader a step-by-step, practice-oriented framework for implementing a rural economic development planning strategy through the implementation of broadband telecommunications. Broadband connectivity is vital for rural communities to be actively engaged in the global information economy, but being connected is not enough. Utilization of technology is required if communities want to increase their potential for economic development success.

ARED News

ARED News
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Agriculture and Rural Economy Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1990
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development

Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development
Author: Ataharul Chowdhury
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024-07-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1040089550

This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development projects than ever before. However, it has also underscored the various challenges and gaps in knowledge with digital participatory practices, including the further exclusion of marginalized groups and those with limited access to digital technology. The book considers how the concept of participation has been transformed by the realities of the pandemic, reflecting on essential principles and practical considerations of communication for development and social change, particularly in the context of global agriculture and food security, the well-being of rural communities, and evolving environmental challenges, such as climate change. In gathering these insights, this volume highlights lessons for the future of participatory development in communication for development and social change processes. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural and rural development, communication for development, digital communication, and sustainable development more broadly.

Electronic Byways

Electronic Byways
Author: Edwin B. Parker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-11-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 042971971X

Offers an instructive look at the role modern telecommunications infrastructures play in promoting vibrant rural economies. The authors provide prescriptive policy recommendations for everyone concerned with rural economic development, from state and rural policymakers to telecommunications industry executives.