ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region
The acceptance of info communication technologies (ICT) is an inevitable element of rural development since the infrastructure is more or less developed in Hungary. The problem of acceptance lies in the attitude toward new technologies. In this paper we would like to describe the process where the u...
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| description | The acceptance of info communication technologies (ICT) is an inevitable element of rural development since the infrastructure is more or less developed in Hungary. The problem of acceptance lies in the attitude toward new technologies. In this paper we would like to describe the process where the use of a certain service available only in an online environment becomes popular among the rural population. Using the best known Hungarian social network site IWIW registrants data on settlements and users of a Hungarian NUTS II region combined with spatial and demographic statistics one could describe the scale and direction of diffusion processes which adds some more information to the facts we already know on state of information society in Hungary. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d9baac14ac9493190cd7851703e9c522025-01-30T10:59:55ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142431-210X2009-06-0123758410.4000/netcom.898ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl regionPéter TóthThe acceptance of info communication technologies (ICT) is an inevitable element of rural development since the infrastructure is more or less developed in Hungary. The problem of acceptance lies in the attitude toward new technologies. In this paper we would like to describe the process where the use of a certain service available only in an online environment becomes popular among the rural population. Using the best known Hungarian social network site IWIW registrants data on settlements and users of a Hungarian NUTS II region combined with spatial and demographic statistics one could describe the scale and direction of diffusion processes which adds some more information to the facts we already know on state of information society in Hungary.https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/898ICTrural developmentInternetusagesocial innovatordiffusion of ICT |
| spellingShingle | Péter Tóth ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region Netcom ICT rural development Internet usage social innovator diffusion of ICT |
| title | ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region |
| title_full | ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region |
| title_fullStr | ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region |
| title_full_unstemmed | ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region |
| title_short | ICT diffusion in Hungary Nyuga-Dunántúl region |
| title_sort | ict diffusion in hungary nyuga dunantul region |
| topic | ICT rural development Internet usage social innovator diffusion of ICT |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/898 |
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