Public Policy and The Future of the Internet
What forces will shape the internet in the next decade?
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
What forces will shape the internet in the next decade?
Older adults are still the least likely group to have basic internet access and broadband access at home. However, information specialists can design outreach plans that are targeted at certain groups dominated by people age 50+.
In 1998, 57% of non-internet users said they worry “not at all” about missing out on something by not going online.
Pew Internet’s typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are — or aren’t — in the "information society."
In China, there is a virtual meeting place for people who have social connections to buy or sell.
12% of internet users participate in an online patient group.
37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.
This presentation was made at the OECD’s Workshop entitled: “The economic and social impacts of broadband communications: From ICT measurement to policy implications.”
Cancer “weather maps,” the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.
Statistics about the use of the internet for politics and e-government presented to the Personal Democracy Forum