INFORMÁCIÓS TÁRSADALOM VÁROSI ÉS VIDÉKI TEREKBEN - A JÁSZSÁGI KISTÉRSÉG LEHETOSÉGEI. (Hungarian)

The paper summarizes some crucial elements of the Hungarian Information Society Strategy (HISS 2003), namely the information society of this micro region. The available data suggest that the impact of an historical rural structure and rural society on the human and municipal adapta-tion of information society can be well examined. It is admitted that the accessibility is strongly connected to education and to the fact that numbers of jobs do not require competence in digital or information literacy. The focus on the human aspect has become a central consideration in the higher education and one of the prominent tasks of higher education is to prepare the next generation for the challenges of information society. The second part of the paper develops the notion of the 'human-interface gap. Evidently, the geographical differences create and determine the width of the 'human-interface gap' (HIG). My hypothesis is that the geographical differences influence the extent of participation in digital communities and the progress of the information society. Finally, I analyse the relevancy of HIG regarding technical accessibilities. The aspect of urban and rural spatial structure presents other potentialities instead of exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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