A Sense of Region among Internet Users in Hilly and Mountainous Areas: A Comparison of Types of Internet Use

Onitsuka, Kenichirou; Hoshino, Satoshi; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Kuki, Yasuaki

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“…Key people (e.g., opinion leaders) will ideally assume roles in networking and should be utilized to activate the network [62]. Existing studies that do focus on the relationship between ICT use and sense of community show an inverted situation in which younger residents adopted the Internet but used it only for personal purposes, showing low motivation for community revitalization, while older residents rarely adopted the Internet but had strong motivation for community revitalization [63]. These findings suggest that fostering a sense of community among younger people in tandem with providing learning opportunities for older people is required.…”

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How Social Media Can Foster Social Innovation in Disadvantaged Rural Communities

Onitsuka

2019

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Social innovation has received widespread attention in the rural development field, especially its contribution to future rural sustainability. Social innovation revolves around social networks. Rural areas, however, can be relatively disadvantaged by their geographical peripherality. Social media, therefore, has strong potential to foster social innovation by enabling remote communication, but in rural areas, social media use may be low because of an aging and decreasing population. This study examined community-level adoption and use of social media in rural areas in Japan, with a focus on Facebook, for the purpose of sharing community information and facilitating networking with a variety of actors to promote rural social innovation. The study involved a comprehensive search and case studies targeting 139,063 rural communities and 10,922 rural joint-communities, all of which are legally designated agricultural communities throughout Japan. The search found that disadvantaged rural communities’ adoption of Facebook was scarce, and most of the communities that had adopted Facebook did not expand their social networks. Furthermore, investigation into the communities that had adopted social networking to a larger extent revealed that external supporters or migrants had essential roles in successful networking. Based on the obtained findings, this study has provided insights for future policy design.

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How Social Media Can Foster Social Innovation in Disadvantaged Rural Communities

Onitsuka

2019

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Non-optimal impacts of internet expansion on community capacity in rural areas

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Hoshino

2023

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Social Interaction of Indonesian Rural Youths in the Internet Age

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The internet penetration on young villagers gives rise to question about its effects on the social interaction and behavior patterns as it accelerates the interaction with the wider network. However, the internet could possibly decrease both the social interaction with local people at the village and the dependency toward native villagers as internet utilization allows the users to be more selective in terms of interactions according to their interests. This research aims to examine the impacts of the Internet through a dystopian view by comparing the degrees of senses of place, participation in local activities, and social capital among internet and non-internet users using a statistical approach. The analysis of variance and linear regression were employed in the present study. The results revealed that the internet did strengthen both broad and local social capital. It also supported young villager's participation in local activities. Nevertheless, the internet was observed to decline the villager's sense of place, especially the desire to remain a resident in the native village. Better access to information and network gained by the users elevated their chances to move outside the village when better opportunities were observed elsewhere.Sustainability 2020, 12, 115 2 of 26 face-to-face and traditional communication by which deep relationship could be considerably formed. This action strengthened social capital (SC) within local community [5] and reinforced one's attachment and dependency on the local community and living place. Later, the involvement of a resident on the internet afterwards allows him to be more selective in accordingly interacting with his interests [6]. It can accelerate, and shorten the time of, one's interaction with the network beyond space [7]. But, in the dystopian view, it possibly decreases the intensity of interaction with local people as a person needs time and effort as well to manage the other acquaintances [6].Besides transformed social interaction, the immediate impact felt by internet users is the easy access to information. Abundant information can support young villagers in making decisions in daily matters [8][9][10]. The internet, with its various derivative applications, also modifies rural youth's ways to do activities such as shopping, playing games, reading, and watching videos by simply going online. Things brought about by the internet in some cases are the answers to the needs of villagers (e.g. Stern et al. [11]). For instance, the information on job vacancies or skill training can easily reach rural youths' gadgets. However, sources of prospective self-improvement carriers are generally outside the native village.The new style of rural social life, however, could bring both negative and positive impacts. The internet inevitably improves people's networks, understanding of the outside world, lifestyle, and other personal aspects [7]. Since the rural areas mostly have limited facilities to meet a higher lifestyle, there would be a tendency in the people to feel mor...

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A Sense of Region among Internet Users in Hilly and Mountainous Areas: A Comparison of Types of Internet Use

Abstract: Today, more than 90% of Japan's citizens are Following this result, it is important to determine the ways of Internet usage that will deliver positive effects to these regions, before the negative influence can proliferate.

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How Social Media Can Foster Social Innovation in Disadvantaged Rural Communities

How Social Media Can Foster Social Innovation in Disadvantaged Rural Communities

Non-optimal impacts of internet expansion on community capacity in rural areas

Social Interaction of Indonesian Rural Youths in the Internet Age

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