Information and communication technologies and social change : a study of the Internet and rural development in China.

• Main Author: Zhao, Jinqiu.
• Other Authors: Hao, Xiaoming
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1912
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

By focusing on Internet application initiatives at five places in rural China, this study examines how the Internet is diffused and used in the rural settings and what potentials it may have in helping rural people improve economic conditions, education, healthcare, gender equality and political par...