Community broadband initiatives

Wallace, Claire; Vincent, Kathryn; Luguzan, Cristian; Talbot, Hilary

doi:10.1145/2768545.2768548

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“…We can therefore infer that leaders were critical in identifying other skills and assets in the community, often acting as conduits for individuals to network, participate and in turn become 'empowered'. This is reminiscent of the internal social capital identified by Wallace et al (2015) in their study of community broadband.…”

Section: Digital Champions and The Push For Better Broadbandmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…From the perspective of the broadband installation, B4RN benefited from access to leaders with technical expertise within the community which facilitated planning of a technically robust fibre broadband network. This reflects the 'technological capital' identified as relevant for community broadband by Wallace et al (2015). This technical expertise in B4RN also contributed to an efficient and realistic installation plan that afforded the project credibility when attempts were made to secure funding from the community.…”

Section: Digital Champions and The Push For Better Broadbandmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Jackson and Gordon (2011) similarly found that community broadband organisations were an opportunity for localised economic development, but many challenges from higher up levels (funding bodies, bureaucratic requirements) limited their success. More recently, work by Salemink and Bosworth (2014) identified community-led broadband as a potential model for neoendogenous development, whilst Wallace et al (2015) examined community-led broadband initiatives in terms of their organisation, identifying common skills and resources that are necessary for those community initiatives to be successful. This has begun to reflect the processes that community-led broadband organisation must navigate, something that has, "little research-based guidance available on the core issues and challenges that must be addressed by a community during the process…" (Mandviwalla et al, 2008).…”

Section: Broadband Deployment: a Place For Community-led Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community-led broadband in rural digital infrastructure development: Implications for resilience

Ashmore

Farrington

Skerratt

2017

Journal of Rural Studies

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Community-led broadband initiatives represent a relatively recent shift in rural broadband provision. They are locally-led organisations that voluntarily spring up to respond to the lack, or perceived lack, of adequate broadband in their communities. Particularly present in rural spaces, few studies have investigated this mode of broadband delivery, which is gaining attention in the United Kingdom and internationally. This paper seeks to explore the implications of the participatory nature of such broadband initiatives, identifying a) whether pursuing a participatory community-led model for broadband deployment plays a role in enhancing rural social resilience, and b) specifically how leadership and informal digital champions are positioned and perceived throughout this process, and their relationship with rural social resilience. The conceptual framework of 'social resilience' acts as a contemporary analytical tool for understanding the impact of community-led broadband. Using findings from 56 semi-structured interviews across two phases from two community-led broadband organisations, Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) in England and Broadband for Glencaple and Lowther (B4GAL) in Scotland, this paper contributes to both digital scholarship and the theoretical development of 'resilience' as a concept. Community-led broadband is shown to reflect a 'localism' development approach, and this process has strengthened local rural identity for individuals. The role of digital champions, as leaders in the community-led broadband movement, is key to developing the digital resource within rural communities. However, it can also be problematic, entrenching existing inequalities and feelings concerning exclusion, ultimately detracting from individuals' ability to participate. The process and the eventual presence of new technology have contributed to new spatial understandings of community identity, based on regional linkages, and new communities of interest. We conclude that communityled broadband, and in particular the leadership and participation processes, can contribute to social resilience overall, but ultimately is another example of uneven rural development.

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Section: Digital Champions and The Push For Better Broadbandmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Digital Champions and The Push For Better Broadbandmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Broadband Deployment: a Place For Community-led Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community-led broadband in rural digital infrastructure development: Implications for resilience

Ashmore

Farrington

Skerratt

2017

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…However, the drivers of increases in fast broadband availability in sparsely populated localities could be diverse, and include factors other than geographical remoteness and settlement size. The delivery of community broadband schemes has been seen to depend on multiple forms of capital, such as appropriate skills, leadership and networking, and financial resources (Wallace et al, 2015). Additionally, locations in the USA with superior broadband coverage to their surroundings (or 'islands of availability') were distributed evenly across large and smaller urban areas and rural regions (Grubesic, 2006).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Changing Shape of Scotland’s Digital Divide

Wilson

Hopkins

2019

European Countryside

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The challenges of reaching rural areas with the latest digital technologies are well documented, resulting in a longstanding urban–rural digital divide in many countries. In 2016, Scotland embarked on one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Europe when it committed to bringing superfast broadband to all of its citizens by 2021. In this paper, we take stock of recent progress towards this goal by applying the framework of the “Sparsely Populated Area”. While previous work has highlighted that Scotland’s digital divide is shrinking, application of this new framework reveals inequalities that traditional urban–rural classifications mask. We show that, while the number of digital “not spots” has fallen in recent years, many of those remaining are concentrated in a region that faces particular vulnerabilities in terms of service delivery and population decline. Digital inequalities introduce a further challenge to this region in addressing its potential as a viable and attractive place to live and work.

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“…Several animal and human studies revealed that anthocyanins have low bioavailability, compared to other flavonoids. [87] In vivo, ingested anthocyanins are absorbed very quickly in the stomach and intestine (about 5-20 min) and reach maximum plasma levels after ½ to 2 h. [24,88] Furthermore, most absorbed anthocyanins are in the intact glycosides forms. [24] Unabsorbed anthocyanins from stomach and intestinal epithelial cells reach the colon where they are actively metabolized by microorganisms.…”

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confidence: 99%

Protective Effects of Anthocyanins in Obesity‐Associated Inflammation and Changes in Gut Microbiome

Jayarathne

Stull

Park

et al. 2019

Molecular Nutrition Food Res

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Obesity is a complex disease and a major public health epidemic. Chronic, low‐grade inflammation is a common underlying feature of obesity and associated metabolic diseases; adipose tissue is a major contributor to this systemic inflammation. Evidence shows that obesity‐associated inflammation may originate from gut dysfunction, including changes in intestinal bacteria or microbiome profiles. Increasingly, food and plant bioactive compounds with antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory properties are proposed to ameliorate obesity‐associated inflammation. Among these, the health‐promoting effects of anthocyanin‐rich foods are of interest here. Specifically, this review summarizes the reported benefits of anthocyanins in obesity‐associated inflammation and underlying molecular mechanisms, including the role of gut microbiome and cell signaling pathways regulated by anthocyanins both in vivo and in vitro.

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Community broadband initiatives

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Community-led broadband in rural digital infrastructure development: Implications for resilience

Community-led broadband in rural digital infrastructure development: Implications for resilience

The Changing Shape of Scotland’s Digital Divide

Protective Effects of Anthocyanins in Obesity‐Associated Inflammation and Changes in Gut Microbiome

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