Annette, I find the CyberAtlas Statistics Tool Box a quick source for recent private sector studies of internet use. http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/stats_toolbox/article Global Stats at: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,1323,5911_1... 1,00.html I don't have any citations handy on the hyped stats of the early 90's, but the change in net growth was noted in WSJ: Julia Angwin, "E-Business: Has Growth of the Net Flattened?," Wall St. J., July 16, 2001, B1. Lon Berquist berquist@uts.cc.utexas.edu

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----- 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

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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