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Mapping the patterns of wireless village internet service usage among rural communities


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Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2016) Mapping the patterns of wireless village internet service usage among rural communities. The Social Sciences, 11 (3). pp. 174-178. ISSN 1818-5800; ESSN: 1993-6125

Abstract

This study attempts to determine the patterns of Wireless Village Internet services among rural communities in Malaysia. This quantitative study used a developed questionnaire as the main data-collection instrument. A total of 400 villagers from the four districts in Malaysia were selected as the respondents. The analysis reveals that most of the respondents are new users of the service; however, most of them are considered heavy users. Understandably, the respondents use wireless village services for three main purposes, namely web surfing, seeking the latest information (politics, crime, sports, current issues) and social media. A number of discussion points are highlighted and it is hoped that this will act as a basis for strategy development among concerned parties so as to further enhance the quality of wireless village services.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/sscience.2016.174.178
Publisher: Medwell Journals
Keywords: Rural development; Community development; Technology usage; Respondents; Strategy
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2017 01:35
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2017 01:35
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.3923/sscience.2016.174.178
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56643
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