The potential benefits that telecommunication services bring to rural and remote communities are generally perceived as beneficial though difficult to ascertain. This article reviews the rationale and elements for measuring the impact of telecommunication services on rural and remote...

While Canada boasts one of the most advanced information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures, its rural and remote areas are lagging behind. Rural and remote ICTs development is presented as an uncharted domain. A model for rural and remote ICTs is proposed describing the...

Ricardo Ramírez and Wendy Quarry ask if a changed approach to development could bring back the goals of endogenous and self-reliant development focused on well-being and a new social agenda. They explore whether changes in communication thinking can seed changes in organizational culture...

The 1990s witnessed the growth and maturation of the Latino electorate in California and many scholars have posited as to the reasons. One argument is that naturalizations by way of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) drove the increases in Latino participation. In this article we...