Internet counts : measuring the impacts of the internet / Office of International Affairs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office of International Affairs, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet industry.

Computers--Social aspects.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Internet Counts Measuring the Impacts of the Internet

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

ORIGIN OF THE STUDY

SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

3. Impact Indicators

DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, INTENDED AND UNINTENDED IMPACTS

LEVELS OF IMPACTS

WHAT ARE INDICATORS AND WHY HAVE THEM?

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICATORS

LIMITATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF IMPACT INDICATORS

Causality

Impacts of Non-use

Qualitative Studies

4. Indicators of Internet Impacts FRAMEWORK OF INTERNET SUPPLY AND DEMANDINDICATORS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNET USE

Supportive Economy and Infrastructure

Policy and Regulatory Environment

INDICATORS OF INTERNET SUPPLY

Quantity of Internet Service

Quality of Internet Service

Sustainability

INDICATORS OF INTERNET USE

Costs of Internet Use

Quality of Internet Use

INDICATORS OF INTERNET CONTENT

INDICATORS OF IMPACTS ON FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS

Perceived Benefits of the Internet

Organizational Decision Making

OTHER INSTITUTIONS INDICATORS OF SECTORAL IMPACTSSectoral Use and Diffusion of the Internet

INTERNET IMPACTS ON SECTORS AND THEIR RELATED DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Education

Sectoral Goals

Development Goals

Private Sector

Government and Civil Society

5. Internet Diffusion or Paths of Impacts

6. Conclusion and Call for Continued Research

Appendix A Committee on Indicators of Internet Impacts on Development

Appendix B List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix C Indicators of Internet Impacts INDICATORS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNET USE

INDICATORS OF INTERNET SUPPLY QUANTITY OF INTERNET SERVICE

INDICATORS OF SECTORAL IMPACTS

Sectoral Use and Diffusion of the Internet INTERNET IMPACTS ON SECTORS AND THEIR RELATED DEVELOPMENT GOALSEducation

Appendix D Background and Context of the Internet in Africa

BACKGROUND ON SENEGAL

BACKGROUND ON GHANA

Appendix E Site Visits and Meetings in Senegal, Ghana, and Kenya

SENEGAL

GHANA

KENYA

Appendix F Agenda: A Meeting on Indicators for Measuring the Impacts of Internet on Development

Appendix G List of Participants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-18672-0

9786610186723

0-309-56258-9

OCLC:

57005553