Integrating the Readiness and IS-Impact Constructs in the Rural Area Context: Questionnaire Testing

Abstract

The development of ICT is an important topic of interest, nowadays, we can see this from the research that has been carried out in academic journals and international conferences with the same theme. The development of ICT in Indonesia in 2018 has had an influence in almost all areas of life. The social, economic, political and cultural fields are the aspects that are most affected, both directly and indirectly. Electronic media such as mobile phones, the Internet, and social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Whatsapp have become the necessities of daily living, this can be seen based on a survey conducted by APJII in 2017, namely 143.26 million internet users or 54.7% of Indonesia's population. However, if viewed from the viewpoint of Indonesia's diversity which stretches from Sabang to Merauke, the development of ICT infrastructure and content in Indonesia is still concentrated in urban areas. Only a small proportion is absorbed in the countryside. At a more practical level, the use of ICT is allegedly not able to answer the real problems of society