Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies.

Grete Rusten is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Norway
Sarah Skerratt is Senior Researcher and Team Leader in Rural Development and Society Research at the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh

1. Being Rural in a Digital Age 2. Lost in Cyberspace?: Website Performance Among Firms Located in Rural Areas of Norway: The Niche Food Sector 3. Lone Eagles and High Flyers: Rural-based Business and Professional Service Firms and Information Communication Technology 4. Connecting Local Food to Global Consumers via the Internet 5. The Persistence of Place: The Importance of Shared Participation Environments When Deploying Icts in Rural Areas 6. Digital Divides Within Households 7. Revitalising Rural Europe's Indigengous Languages: 'Technologisation' and the Gaelic Language 8. Policy and the Rural Information Society