PENGGUNAAN INTERNET DAN PEMANFAATAN INFORMASI PERTANIAN OLEH PENYULUH PERTANIAN DI KABUPATEN BOGOR WILAYAH BARAT
Abstract: The vast development
of communication technology produces so many communication media that can be
used to disseminate information. One of the communication media that can be
used is cyberspace communication or internet media. Agricultural extension
workers as those who act as diseminator supposedly able to utilize agricultural
information communication technology development in carrying out their duties
and functions. This study aims to description of internet usage by agricultural
extension, analyze the factors affecting the level of internet usage, as well
as analysis of the utilization of information and its relevance to the level of
use by agricultural extension. The level of internet usage by respondents
measured the frequency and duration of use is still low. Respondents use the
internet less than three times a week and duration of less than three hours a day.
Factors significantly correlated with the use of the Internet by agricultural
extension is extension characteristics (age and availability of technology) and
information needs of extension (information processing technology, marketing
and climate). Utilization by agricultural extension information is stored for
consumption in the form of private, shared with a fellow instructor for
discussion, and distributed to farmers as extension material. More than half of
the respondents utilize the information to be discussed to fellow instructor,
the next disseminated to farmers and stored for personal.
Penulis: Novi Elian, Djuara P
Lubis, Parlaungan A Rangkuti
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd140644
