TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mapping the Patterns of Wireless Village Internet Service Usage among Rural Communities
AU - Omar, Siti Zobidah AU - Bolong, Jusang AU - D`Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence AU - Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SP  - 174
EP  - 178
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.174.178
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.174.178
KW  - Rural development
KW  -community development
KW  -technology usage
KW  -respondents
KW  -strategy
AB  - 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.
ER  -