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Utility Drives Adoption

Understanding Internet Accessibility in Rural China

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4331-3702-0
Verlag: Peter Lang
Erscheinungstermin: 10.04.2019
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addresses the deep digital divide in China by exploring the reasons behind the lagging adoption of the internet in rural communities. With a four-year study and in-depth investigation into a number of rural communities across China, author Mingrui Ye unfolds a picture of internet use in rural villages and answers the questions why and in what scenario rural residents will or will not adopt internet-based digital devices like laptops or tablets.

Additionally, this book contributes to diffusion theory with a newly established research model, by which new determinants responsible for internet adoption were discovered and mutual relations between influential factors at different levels revealed. A series of solutions to improve the adoption rate of the internet in rural China are suggested for implementation at multiple levels. Utility Drives Adoption not only provides a deeper understanding of internet adoption in rural communities but also revisits the theory of innovation diffusion with newly developed perspectives and research models. This book serves as a useful guide for researchers and students in relevant fields to further explore internet utility and adoption in rural China.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781433137020
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4331-3702-0
  • Verlag: Peter Lang
  • Erscheinungstermin: 10.04.2019
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2019
  • Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 494 g
  • Seiten: 226
  • Format (B x H x T): 155 x 231 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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List of Figures – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – To Be Bridged: Perspectives From Literature and Reality – An Overview of Symbolic Interactionism: Theoretical Framework and Methodological Approach – Contextual Analysis: Interactions With Social Settings – Diffusion Network Analysis: Interactions With the Immediate Environment – Innovation: Attributes of the Internet – Discussion and Conclusions.