Impact of pubic access to computers and Internet on the connectedness of rural Malaysians

• 主要な著者: Alias, Nor Aziah, Mohd Noor, Marhaini, Proenza, Francisco J., Jamaludin, Haziah, Ismail, Izaham Shah, Hashim, Sulaiman
• フォーマット: 図書の章
• 言語: English
• 出版事項: MIT Press 2015
• 主題: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• オンライン･アクセス: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50994/7/50994.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50994/; https://mitpress.mit.edu/public-access-ICT

This chapter reports the findings of research conducted in 2010 on the connectedness of rural Malaysians who accessed computers and the Internet through the rural Internet centers (RICs) established by the Malaysian government in 2000 and 2003. We examine the impact of the RICs on users’ sense of s...