Geography of Cyberspace Directory

Global Internet Diffusion and Access

International E-mail Accessibility, a comprehensive list of connectivity by country, maintained by Olivier Crepin-Leblond. He has recently created the Internetology, a series of maps charting the worldwide spread of the Internet since November 1993. Network Startup Resource Center. International Internet Connectivity Map and the data listed by country (version 15, as of 15/6/96). Produced by Larry Landweber, Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. Previous versions from 1991 onwards are available at ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table/ Goodman S.E. et al, 1994, "The Global Diffusion of the Internet : Patterns and Problems", Communications of the ACM, August 1994, Vol. 37, No. 8, pages 27-31. Press L. & Rodriguez L., 1996, "Towards an Internet Census for Developing Nations", Proceedings of INET'96 Conference, 24-28th June 1996, Montreal, Canada. The World Link : Network Society Index, a composite index and map of the "wired 'ness" of different counties, based on a range of computing, telecoms and networking indicators, such as PCs and Internet hosts per thousand population. Connectivity Data for Africa's Info Infrastructure, comprehensive and up to date information maintained by Mike Jensen. It includes a nice clickable map of the countries in African. The Africa Internet - Status Report, by Mike Jensen, May 2001. Freedom to Connect, WIRED (August 1997, pages 106-107), by Leila Conners. A global map showing the level of freedom to connect to the Internet at a national level. Internet Connectivity in Africa, a report by Mike Jensen, January 1998. Also available, tables of African Internet Density and Internet Users by country. The Mosaic Group are undertaking the Global Diffusion of the Internet Project to measure and analyze the growth of the Internet throughout the world. Since the project started in 1997 over thirty countries have been analysed. The "Digital Divide" in the USA. Reports on the penetration of information infrastructure (telephones, computers and modems) in the USA by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA). Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America, July 1995. Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide, July 1998. Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, 8th July 8, 1999. Hargittai E., 1998, "Holes in the Net: The Internet and International Stratification", INET'98: The Internet Summit, 21-24th July 1998, Geneva, Switzerland. The Wired World Atlas, by Leila Conners Petersen, Wired, Vol. 6.11, November 1998. The article "Envision the globe according to the density of traditional media - TVs and telephones - and you get a brand-new map." (Unfortunately, the actual cartogram map is not online.) Holderness M., 1997, "The Internet: enabling whom, when and where?", paper presented at a United Nations University INTECH seminar in Maastricht. Internet Counts: Measuring the Impacts of the Internet, by Office of International Affairs, National Research Council, Washington DC, 1998. Daly J.A., 1999, "Measuring Impacts of the Internet in the Developing World", IMP Magazine, May 1999. Press L., Foster W.A., & Goodman S.E., 1999, "The Internet in India and China", paper presented at the INET'99 Conference, 22-25th June, San Jose, California. Press L., Foster W.A., & Goodman S.E., 1999, "Surveying the Global Diffusion of the Internet", paper presented at the INET'99 Conference, 22-25th June, San Jose, California. Uimonen P., 1999, "Connecting Laos: Notes from the Peripheries of Cyberspace", paper presented at the INET'99 Conference, 22-25th June, San Jose, California. Petrazzini B. & Kibati M., 1999, "The Internet in Developing Countries", Communications of the ACM, June 1999, Vol. 42, No. 6, pages 31-36. The Human Development Report, 1999, by the UN Development Programme, has useful information and statistics on the global diffusion of the Internet. Chapter two of the report, New technologies and the global race for knowledge is particularly relevant. Hargittai E., 1999, "Weaving the Western Web: Explaining Differences in Internet Connectivity Among OECD Countries", Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 23, No. 10/11, November/December 1999. The December 1999 issue of Information Impacts (iMP) Magazine has a series of articles examining issues of "Access: Where, Who, How, Why?". Africa.com: Continental Shift, Wired Magazine, July 2000, page 137-138. Press, L., 2000, "The State of the Internet: Growth and Gaps", paper presented at the INET 2000 Conference, 18-21th July 2000, Yokohama, Japan. Ein-Dor P., Goodman S.E., & Wolcott P., 2000, "From Via Maris to Electronic Highway: The Internet In Canaan", Communications of the ACM, July 2000, Vol. 43, No. 7, pages 19-23. Minges M., 2001, "Internet Around the World", poster presented at the INET 2001 Conference, 5-8th June 2001, Stockholm, Sweden. Martin F., 2001, "Status of the Internet in Pacific Island Countries", paper presented at the INET 2001 Conference, 5-8th June 2001, Stockholm, Sweden. Paltridge S., 2000, "Local Access Pricing and the International Digital Divide", OnTheInternet, October 2000. Pelletiere D. & Rodrigo G.C., 2001, "An Empirical Investigation of the Digital Divide in the United States", paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Technology, Policy and Innovation, 26-29th June 2001, Netherlands. (Word doc format)		Please choose a section: Introduction Whats New What is Cyberspace? 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