The authors conducted a questionnaire investigation in 11 rural communities based on indexes of assessing current status of rural community informatization in the Southern developed areas of Jiangsu province.Conclusio...The authors conducted a questionnaire investigation in 11 rural communities based on indexes of assessing current status of rural community informatization in the Southern developed areas of Jiangsu province.Conclusions include:coverage of information infrastructure in rural communities of developed areas is significantly higher than the national average level and even the national average level of urban and rural areas;personal expenditure on information is within the scope of villagers’ financial expenditure;information technology investment is mainly used for information network platform and infrastructure construction and improvement;rural investment in information resources is relatively small;overall capacity of information resources is limited and not fully utilized and there is also a lack of information specialists.In addition,the information literacy of villagers needs to be improved and their information needs are mainly about news and entertainment;television and Internet are their principal means of acquiring information.Suggestions include:attach more importance to the development of information resources,provide information technology personnel,conduct research on the information needs of rural residents and improve their information literacy.展开更多
基金one of the research results of China National Soft Science Research Projects"Study on the Development Model of Rural Informatization System in Developed Areas"(Project No.2009GXS5D110)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program"Key Technologies Research Integration and Demonstration of New Rural Areas Development in the Modern Agriculture Zone of Yangtze River Delta"(Project No.2008BAD96B05)
文摘The authors conducted a questionnaire investigation in 11 rural communities based on indexes of assessing current status of rural community informatization in the Southern developed areas of Jiangsu province.Conclusions include:coverage of information infrastructure in rural communities of developed areas is significantly higher than the national average level and even the national average level of urban and rural areas;personal expenditure on information is within the scope of villagers’ financial expenditure;information technology investment is mainly used for information network platform and infrastructure construction and improvement;rural investment in information resources is relatively small;overall capacity of information resources is limited and not fully utilized and there is also a lack of information specialists.In addition,the information literacy of villagers needs to be improved and their information needs are mainly about news and entertainment;television and Internet are their principal means of acquiring information.Suggestions include:attach more importance to the development of information resources,provide information technology personnel,conduct research on the information needs of rural residents and improve their information literacy.
