Dear Annette, The sources I have used for Internet access by country, have been largely those of the World Bank, UNESCO, and ITU. Often I find that one source is simply a consolidation of data from other sources, so that I got to the World Bank from NUA Internet Surveys, and so on. You might try: "ICT at a Glance", by country, from the Development Data Group, World Bank. Available at: http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html. These figures are based on country background information from UNESCO and the World Bank; ICT infrastructure and access data from the ITU and UNESCO; Computers and the Internet, from the ITU and WITSA; ICT expenditures data from the WITSA; and, ICT business & government environment, World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002. Cheers, Max. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Markham" <amarkham@uic.edu> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: [Air-l] need citation
Dear Colleagues,
I need some citation help. Regarding Internet access, during the early-mid '90s, what were some of the more ludicrous (or overly ambitious) popular press (or academic) predictions about where we would be in ten years, or in a decade, or in a few years?
Also, where can I get recent statistics regarding the degree of penetration of Internet capabilities by country? (such as percentage of those with home access to the Internet). Here, I'm not looking for something too specific; I'm just wanting a citation for a methodology argument I'm making about the mistaken assumptions researchers can make about broad or full access to participants for studies.
THANKS for any help you can give; please send off list help to amarkham@uic.edu
Annette Markham
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