<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>“Everyone knows everyone” is a recurring characteristic in descriptions of rural communities, one that has been interpreted as both a benefit and a drawback in research on such localities. In response to that discrepancy, this paper investigates the overall statistical effect of social transparency on residents’ desire to continue living in their rural communities. As revealed by analyses of survey data representing a national sample of Norway’s rural population in 2016, social transparency did significantly increase respondents’ desire to maintain residency in their rural communities. In providing and explaining such results, the paper contributes to current understandings of social conditions that influence rural (non-)migration and rural resilience.</p>
</abstract>

“Everyone knows everyone” is a recurring characteristic in descriptions of rural communities, one that has been interpreted as both a benefit and a drawback in research on such localities. In response to that discrepancy, this paper investigates the overall statistical effect of social transparency on residents’ desire to continue living in their rural communities. As revealed by analyses of survey data representing a national sample of Norway’s rural population in 2016, social transparency did significantly increase respondents’ desire to maintain residency in their rural communities. In providing and explaining such results, the paper contributes to current understandings of social conditions that influence rural (non-)migration and rural resilience.

Social Transparency in Rural Areas in Norway: Promoting or Restraining the Desire to Stay?

European Countryside

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

“Everyone knows everyone” is a recurring characteristic in descriptions of rural communities, one that has been interpreted as both a benefit and a drawback in...

Social Transparency in Rural Areas in Norway: Promoting or Restraining the Desire to Stay?

Published Online: Sep 27, 2021

Page range: 550 - 564

Received: Aug 11, 2020

Accepted: Apr 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2021-0032

Keywords
Social transparency, Desire to stay, Rural communities, Norway

© 2021 Maja Farstad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Social Transparency in Rural Areas in Norway: Promoting or Restraining the Desire to Stay?

Published Online: Sep 27, 2021

Page range: 550 - 564

Received: Aug 11, 2020

Accepted: Apr 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2021-0032

KeywordsSocial transparency, Desire to stay, Rural communities, Norway

© 2021 Maja Farstad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Social transparency, Desire to stay, Rural communities, Norway