For rural areas, Wi-Fi's expansion will open the world's door and offer opportunities to collaborate, educate and develop economic sustainability. However, it also welcomes the risk of dependence, culture erasure and the loss of national autonomy. It's a fine line that communication scholars are watching carefully.
One concern has been whether local communities could afford, let alone profit from, communication infrastructure. According to Best, Wi-Fi might alleviate those concerns by providing grass-root networks that directly support local areas.
It's inevitable that rural areas will eventually be connected to the rest of the world, but will it open the door to economic prosperity for the third world or be the beginning of a new age of imperialism?
For communication scholars, Wi-Fi will provide a perfect opportunity to study the effects of communication and connection in small areas previously isolated from the rest of the world.
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