PETER F. KORSCHING is a Professor with the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University./e He has published scholarly articles and book chapters and is coeditor of two previous sociological studies and coauthor of one textbook.PATRICIA C. HIPPLE has a long career as an applied sociologist with more than 20 years of experience in social research, program evaluation, policy analysis, human service administration, and education./e Her areas of specialization include social change, international development, communication and culture, environment, population, and social inequality.ERIC A. ABBOT is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University./e His research specialty is the study of implications of new communication technologies for rural development in the United States, Russia, and Nigeria.

• Theory, Policy, and Practice: Setting the Stage for Rural Telecommunications Rural America and the Information and Communications Revolution by Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple, and Eric A. Abbott Policy Initiatives and Rural Telecommunications by Dom Caristi Telephone Companies: Providing All the Right Connections for Viable Rural Communities by Peter F. Korsching and Sami El-Ghamrini When Public Leadership Outperforms Private Leadership: The Case of Public Telecommunications Utilities by Montgomery Van Wart, Dianne Rahm, and Scott Sanders Using Telecommunications in the Rural Community Rural Business and Telecommunications Technologies by G. Premkumar The Community Newspaper in an Online Society by Eric A. Abbott and Walter E. Niebauer, Jr. Rural Libraries: Conflicting Visions and Realities in the Information Age by Eric A. Abbott and Bridget Moser Pellerin Municipal Governments' Use of Telecommunications: Leading the Charge or Lagging Behind? by Erin K. Schreck and Patricia C. Hipple Telecommunications: A Complex Prescription for Rural Health Care Providers by Patricia C. Hipple and Melody Ramsey Farmers, Computers, and the Internet: How Structures and Roles Shape the Information Society by Eric A. Abbott, J. Paul Yarbrough, and Allan Schmidt Making the Connections What Happens When Information Technologies Are Forced On Rural Community Organizations? The Case of Iowa State University Extension by Eric A. Abbott and Jennifer L. Gregg Telecommunications and Economic Development: Chasing Smokestacks with the Internet by Brent Hales, Joy Gieseke, and Delfino Vargas-Chanes On-Ramps and Road Blocks to the Information Superhighway by Peter F. Korsching, Eric A. Abbott and Patricia C. Hipple Glossary Index

PETER F. KORSCHING is a Professor with the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University./e He has published scholarly articles and book chapters and is coeditor of two previous sociological studies and coauthor of one textbook.PATRICIA C. HIPPLE has a long career as an applied sociologist with more than 20 years of experience in social research, program evaluation, policy analysis, human service administration, and education./e Her areas of specialization include social change, international development, communication and culture, environment, population, and social inequality.ERIC A. ABBOT is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University./e His research specialty is the study of implications of new communication technologies for rural development in the United States, Russia, and Nigeria.

• Theory, Policy, and Practice: Setting the Stage for Rural Telecommunications Rural America and the Information and Communications Revolution by Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple, and Eric A. Abbott Policy Initiatives and Rural Telecommunications by Dom Caristi Telephone Companies: Providing All the Right Connections for Viable Rural Communities by Peter F. Korsching and Sami El-Ghamrini When Public Leadership Outperforms Private Leadership: The Case of Public Telecommunications Utilities by Montgomery Van Wart, Dianne Rahm, and Scott Sanders Using Telecommunications in the Rural Community Rural Business and Telecommunications Technologies by G. Premkumar The Community Newspaper in an Online Society by Eric A. Abbott and Walter E. Niebauer, Jr. Rural Libraries: Conflicting Visions and Realities in the Information Age by Eric A. Abbott and Bridget Moser Pellerin Municipal Governments' Use of Telecommunications: Leading the Charge or Lagging Behind? by Erin K. Schreck and Patricia C. Hipple Telecommunications: A Complex Prescription for Rural Health Care Providers by Patricia C. Hipple and Melody Ramsey Farmers, Computers, and the Internet: How Structures and Roles Shape the Information Society by Eric A. Abbott, J. Paul Yarbrough, and Allan Schmidt Making the Connections What Happens When Information Technologies Are Forced On Rural Community Organizations? The Case of Iowa State University Extension by Eric A. Abbott and Jennifer L. Gregg Telecommunications and Economic Development: Chasing Smokestacks with the Internet by Brent Hales, Joy Gieseke, and Delfino Vargas-Chanes On-Ramps and Road Blocks to the Information Superhighway by Peter F. Korsching, Eric A. Abbott and Patricia C. Hipple Glossary Index

PETER F. KORSCHING is a Professor with the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University./e He has published scholarly articles and book chapters and is coeditor of two previous sociological studies and coauthor of one textbook.PATRICIA C. HIPPLE has a long career as an applied sociologist with more than 20 years of experience in social research, program evaluation, policy analysis, human service administration, and education./e Her areas of specialization include social change, international development, communication and culture, environment, population, and social inequality.ERIC A. ABBOT is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University./e His research specialty is the study of implications of new communication technologies for rural development in the United States, Russia, and Nigeria.

• Theory, Policy, and Practice: Setting the Stage for Rural Telecommunications Rural America and the Information and Communications Revolution by Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple, and Eric A. Abbott Policy Initiatives and Rural Telecommunications by Dom Caristi Telephone Companies: Providing All the Right Connections for Viable Rural Communities by Peter F. Korsching and Sami El-Ghamrini When Public Leadership Outperforms Private Leadership: The Case of Public Telecommunications Utilities by Montgomery Van Wart, Dianne Rahm, and Scott Sanders Using Telecommunications in the Rural Community Rural Business and Telecommunications Technologies by G. Premkumar The Community Newspaper in an Online Society by Eric A. Abbott and Walter E. Niebauer, Jr. Rural Libraries: Conflicting Visions and Realities in the Information Age by Eric A. Abbott and Bridget Moser Pellerin Municipal Governments' Use of Telecommunications: Leading the Charge or Lagging Behind? by Erin K. Schreck and Patricia C. Hipple Telecommunications: A Complex Prescription for Rural Health Care Providers by Patricia C. Hipple and Melody Ramsey Farmers, Computers, and the Internet: How Structures and Roles Shape the Information Society by Eric A. Abbott, J. Paul Yarbrough, and Allan Schmidt Making the Connections What Happens When Information Technologies Are Forced On Rural Community Organizations? The Case of Iowa State University Extension by Eric A. Abbott and Jennifer L. Gregg Telecommunications and Economic Development: Chasing Smokestacks with the Internet by Brent Hales, Joy Gieseke, and Delfino Vargas-Chanes On-Ramps and Road Blocks to the Information Superhighway by Peter F. Korsching, Eric A. Abbott and Patricia C. Hipple Glossary Index