作者介紹
作者介紹 PETER F. KORSCHING is a Professor with the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. e He has published scholarly articles and book chapters and is coeditor of two previous sociological studies and coauthor of one textbook. PATRICIA C. HIPPLE has a long career as an applied sociologist with more than 20 years of experience in social research, program evaluation, policy analysis, human service administration, and education. e Her areas of specialization include social change, international development, communication and culture, environment, population, and social inequality. ERIC A. ABBOT is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University. e His research specialty is the study of implications of new communication technologies for rural development in the United States, Russia, and Nigeria.