ウエスギ　シロウ   UESUGI Shiro   上杉　志朗    所属   松山大学  経営学部 経営学科    職種   教授
発行・発表の年月	2007/08
形態種別	学術論文
査読	査読有り
標題	A Case Study from ICT Experimental Project in Rural Japan
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	International Telecommunications Society Africa-Asia-Australasia Regional Conference Papers
出版社・発行元	International Telecommunications Society
概要	データ保存のためページ数なし This paper presents a case study of a rural DIY (Do It Yourself!) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project in a Japanese depopulated rural community. The paper consists of two parts. First, an illustration about the technology which enables the project is presented together with policy considerations about why such a technology must have been deployed. Then, analysis about the result from questionnaire surveys and hearing investigations are presented. In order to make sure sustainable development of rural ICT, which is the key to enable Economic Development, it is essential to involve resident’s participation. We constructed a test-bed DIY project in a rural community of Japan in 2004, and conducted surveys in 2004 and 2006 in order to identify resident’s needs, awareness about ICT, grasp information literacy level, and attitude toward the acceptance of ICT. Also, an individual hearing is performed to look at qualitative side of resident’s perceptions. As a conclusion, the resident's attitude in general was found indifferent as far as the statistical significance is concerned. However, insights from individual hearings presented some useful factors about how to tackle digital divide including usefulness of DIY in ICT.