ACCESS TO ICTS IN RURAL AREAS. APPROACH FROM THE COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

ABSTRACT

The objective of this work is to analyze some of the differences in use and access to new technologies between rural and urban environments, based on the ICT Equipment survey in a comparative way between Spain and the European Union, with the possible inequalities that This may lead to the development of the technologization of these environments. One of the conclusions obtained is that the differences between one context and the other (rural and urban) are less and less, but that demographic composition may be a key factor for the greater expansion of ICTs in rural contexts.

Keywords:
New technologies; rural; urban; telematic life