Communications Technologies in Rural Communities: Old and New

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Communications Technologies in Rural Communities: Old and New

Communications Technologies in Rural Communities: Old and New

Bill ReimerBill [email protected]@vax2.concordia.ca

2006/06/222006/06/22

Tom Beckley

David Bruce

Omer Chouinard

Ivan Emke

Greg Halseth

Bruno Jean

Patrice LeBlanc

Dianne Looker

Diane Martz

Solange Nadeau

John Parkins

Steve Plante

Doug Ramsey

Richard Stedman

Ellen Wall

Derek Wilkinson

Anna Woodrow

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NRE…The Rural ObservatoryNRE…The Rural Observatory

…an International Network

…an International Network

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Questions re. AB SupernetQuestions re. AB Supernet

•How is the Internet used by people in rural How is the Internet used by people in rural communities?communities?

•What difference (if any) does the community What difference (if any) does the community context make?context make?

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Pattern coefficients by Use of MediaPattern coefficients by Use of Media

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

Newspaper

Radio

TV Bulletins

Books

Internet

Magazines

Other

29%13%

NRE Household Sample – 1995 cases

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% Media Used for Financial, Employment, or Living Changes

% Media Used for Financial, Employment, or Living Changes

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

newspaper TV bulletins radio books magazines internet other

% U

se M

edia

financial employment living

Newspapers and Internet used most oftenfor financial and employment changes

NRE Household Sample – 1995 cases

Newspapers, TV, books, Internet used most often for

living changes

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% Use Internet for HH Changes by Site Context

% Use Internet for HH Changes by Site Context

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Globalization Stability M-Adjacency Inst. Capacity

% LowHigh

NRE Household Sample – 1995 cases

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SummarySummary

•New and old technologies are used in New and old technologies are used in combinationcombination

•Different technologies are used for different Different technologies are used for different issues and challengesissues and challenges

•Local context affects the nature of useLocal context affects the nature of use

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Communications Technologies in Rural Communities: Old and New

Communications Technologies in Rural Communities: Old and New

The New Rural Economy ProjectThe New Rural Economy Projecthttp://nre.concordia.cahttp://nre.concordia.ca

http://www.crrf.cahttp://www.crrf.ca2006/06/222006/06/22

[email protected]@vax2.concordia.ca