hello folks, as long as i've been posting up a storm (for me anyhow), i thought i might ask if anyone's been thinking about or knows work on rethinking U.S. non-urban or rural spaces in relation to CMC? how has the notion of rurality been affected by access and lack of access to the Net? are people in rural sociology or other disciplines thinking about rurality differently because of these technologies? i'm guessing there's some pile of literature out there i just haven't run across yet (but, it's right under my nose, yes?) any thoughts/cites would be much appreciated. best, marygray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Its time I guess for my periodic plug... There has been a lot of discussion on the nature of "community" (rural and otherwise) in the context of Internet communications on the Community Informatics list that I host. Archives and sign up can be accessed through http://www.vcn.bc.ca/lists/communityinformatics . Also, you might want to be in touch with Ken Pigg <PiggK@missouri.edu> of the Rural Sociology Department in the University of Missouri, Columbia who has given and undertaken a great deal of thought and research on these issues. Mike Gurstein Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. (Visiting) Professor: School of Management New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Mary L. Gray Sent: March 18, 2002 12:24 AM To: AIR List Subject: [Air-l] rurality and CMC hello folks, as long as i've been posting up a storm (for me anyhow), i thought i might ask if anyone's been thinking about or knows work on rethinking U.S. non-urban or rural spaces in relation to CMC? how has the notion of rurality been affected by access and lack of access to the Net? are people in rural sociology or other disciplines thinking about rurality differently because of these technologies? i'm guessing there's some pile of literature out there i just haven't run across yet (but, it's right under my nose, yes?) any thoughts/cites would be much appreciated. best, marygray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l
I meant to mention this project that VT is working on when this topic popped up, but was distracted by other business. It is currently focussed on the more rural areas of virginia. http://www.ecorridors.vt.edu/ relatedly there is this from SURA http://www.sura.org/events/2001/renetworks.html and of course then there is the BEV http://www.bev.net/project/digital_library/ and http://www.bev.net/project/research/index.html which has information about: *Meeting the Education and Health Needs of Rural Appalachia: A Wireless Solution* amongst other things
-- jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 this email was sent from my office
The earliest reference I know is: Goldmark, Peter C. 1975. "Anthropology, mass communication, and the 'New Rural Society'". Pages 87-96 in Anthropology and Society, edited by Bela C. Maday. Washington, D.C.: The Anthropological Society of Washington.
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