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Internet technology use and economic development: A case study of the rural population of Ihiala village in southeastern Nigeria.

机译：互联网技术的使用与经济发展：以尼日利亚东南部Ihiala村的农村人口为例。

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There are mixed opinions about the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in general and the Internet in particular in promoting development. While Internet has been viewed as contributing to the ever-changing information dissemination across urban and rural spaces, others argue that the Internet does not always bring drastic social and economic advances as scholars and pundits have made us to believe. However, in rural areas such as China where websites have been set up to market goods, attract investments and enlarge business scale (Zhao, 2008), it is the view that Internet has impacted lives and rural development.In Nigeria, despite its headquarters and leadership role in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African region's headquarters of United Nation Millennium Goals (MDGs), an initiative that is geared to reduce poverty, improve health care and education, and ensure productivity in poor countries around the world, it remains to be seen how the Internet could be utilized for development and add into the equation in economic improvement of lives in the rural villages. The MDGs goals set 2015 as deadline.The basic purpose of this study is to explore demographic characteristics of the Internet users---individuals in a rural population such as Ihiala in South eastern Nigeria that could be the end-users of innovation technology. The study also examined the innovation attributes of the Internet that are likely to make the technology adoptable and facilitate economic development. And finally, it examined the different purposes for which they use the Internet that included financial and business activities.The study findings were analyzed using Rogers (1995), Davis (1994), Technology Adoption Model (TAM). A total of 270 respondents (out of 300 people sampled) completed the questionnaire, achieving a 90% response rate. The study found that there is no significant difference between the genders in their Internet use. Internet users are likely to be well educated, but both the rich and poor use the Internet. An analysis of the activities and the users' impetus shows that Internet is used primarily for activities related to economic development, especially conducting business and financial transactions, although many began with just communicating by e-mails with friends and family.
机译：关于信息通信技术（ICT）的总体作用，尤其是互联网在促进发展中的作用，存在各种各样的意见。尽管人们一直认为互联网有助于在城乡之间不断变化的信息传播，但其他人则认为，互联网并不总是像学者和专家们所相信的那样，带来了巨大的社会和经济进步。然而，在像中国这样的农村地区，已经建立了网站来销售商品，吸引投资并扩大业务规模（Zhao，2008），人们认为互联网已经影响了生活和农村发展。在非洲发展新伙伴关系（NEPAD）和非洲地区联合国千年目标（MDGs）总部中发挥领导作用，该倡议旨在减少贫困，改善医疗保健和教育并确保世界各地贫困国家的生产力仍然有待观察，如何利用互联网促进发展，并将其纳入改善农村生活的经济状况中。千年发展目标（MDG）的目标是将2015年作为最后期限。本研究的基本目的是探讨互联网用户的人口统计特征，即尼日利亚东南部Ihiala等农村人口中可能是创新技术的最终用户。这项研究还研究了互联网的创新属性，这些属性很可能使该技术变得可采用并促进经济发展。最后，它研究了他们使用Internet的不同目的，包括金融和商业活动。研究结果使用Rogers（1995），Davis（1994）和技术采用模型（TAM）进行了分析。总共270名受访者（从300名受访者中）完成了问卷，答复率为90％。研究发现，在互联网使用中，性别之间没有显着差异。互联网用户可能受过良好的教育，但是富人和穷人都使用互联网。对活动和用户推动力的分析表明，互联网主要用于与经济发展有关的活动，特别是进行商业和金融交易，尽管许多活动开始时只是通过与亲朋好友的电子邮件进行交流。

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    Igboaka, Primus Chuks.;

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    Bowling Green State University.;

  • 授予单位 Bowling Green State University.;
  • 学科 Economics General.Mass Communications.Information Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 182 p.
  • 总页数 182
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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