Abstract
This paper presents the utilization of information and communication technology in a rural community in Indonesia, which experiences a development gap caused by structural constraints and lack of infrastructure. The paper based on field research by taking the case of a village called Mandalamekar in Tasikmalaya, West Java, which uses information technology as a tool of struggle for rural development. This study refers to the concept of sustainable rural development using case study research with data collection techniques in the forms of interviews, observation, and document studies. This paper discusses the society of using information technology and the variety of ITs applied in the rural development. Since the rural community took advantage of information technology, the acceleration of transformation took place on ability to build and operate the technology and media as its main tool. This paper proves that IT can be effective tools for sustainable rural development. IT not only influences how people interacts each other, but at the same time, it affects how people find mutual solutions for rural problems.
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