%0 Thesis
%9 Bachelor
%A Groenewold, R.H.
%D 2015
%F theses_frw:1061
%T A perspective on the quality of digital access: An example from the rural Netherlands
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1061/
%X The start of the digital age has created new problems and opportunities for rural communities across the world. One of the problems is the appearance of the digital divide between urban and rural areas. According to existing literature this creates and aggravates already existing disadvantages of rural areas versus urban areas. This paper uses a Dutch example to discover if that is happening in the Netherlands as well. The paper is most useful in obtaining necessary information about why local inhabitants take certain action or inaction regarding their satisfaction of the infrastructure of access to the Internet. However because of its exploratory nature its most logical use would be a stepping stone for further research in the ongoing changes of the ‘rural – urban divide’ in the northern Netherlands and beyond.