Research Article
ICT Utility to Remote Rural Communities: a Case Study in Melung Village
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2291103, author={Irwansyah Irwansyah and Ayu Rahma Irwansyah}, title={ICT Utility to Remote Rural Communities: a Case Study in Melung Village}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Padjadjaran Communication Conference Series, PCCS 2019, 9 October 2019, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={PCCS}, year={2020}, month={1}, keywords={ict social contractual utilitarianism digital communication social humanism}, doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2291103} }- Irwansyah Irwansyah
Ayu Rahma Irwansyah
Year: 2020
ICT Utility to Remote Rural Communities: a Case Study in Melung Village
PCCS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2291103
Abstract
In this paper, we explore the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) utilization of remote rural communities. ICT is utilized to solve slight agricultural problems in Melung Village. To obtain the understanding of the behavior of Melung Villagers use of technology, we use the social contractual utilitarianism implementation. This insight is one of the social humanism dimensions from Bryan Ellis' perspectives. This paper primarily features qualitative techniques consist of an in-depth interview and observation. Both techniques result show that an agreement to make a community that have a better situation is the crucial aspect to build social contractual utilitarianism dimension. The triangulation process results also confirms the agreements between the community members and the leader formally and informally. We discuss the other aspect of social humanism for future research studies.