Contains more than 170 articles on "information and communications technology (ICT), and its role on developing regional communities." Topics include:

• Bridging practice, research and policy in the network society
• Community technology centers
• Information-access in rural communities
• Reaching out to virtual communities of older people in regional areas
• Electronic information literacy training
• Using technology to combat social isolation
• Schools and knowledge production
• Information communication technologies for rural communities in Malaysia
• Citizens assemblies in Argentina
• Information and communication technologies provision to rural communities in Zimbabwe