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The growth of the Internet has been accompanied by a natural desire to understand the characteristics of its users, their rationale for purchasing the service and what they do when connected. A large and expanding ‘Internet watching’ industry has grown up to supply such data.
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Sources of further information
Information sources that can be found on the Internet
Internet Strategies (www.internet-strategies.co.uk). This site details the way the corporate sector is using the Internet to initiate strategic change.
CommerceNet/Nielsen Internet Demographics Studies (www.commerce.net). Details about the various research programmes undertaken by the organisation including summary findings.
The OECD (www.oecd.org). A selection of reports produced by the organisation on all aspects of the Internet and its impact upon business, society and government.
Network Wizards (www.nw.com). This site provides statistics of host computers connected to the Internet.
RIPE Network Co-ordination Centre (www.ripe.net). Each month this organisation produces a count of the host computers connected to the Internet in Europe.
The Information Society Project Office (www.ispo.cec.be). This site contains details of various European Union activities in the arena of the Information Society. It contains a survey conducted during 1997 that was based on 16000 interviews across the European Union on attitudes to Information Technology.
The Graphics, Visualisation & Usability Center (www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu). This organisation connects regular surveys into the way in which the WWW is being used.
A collection of Internet statistics (www.cyberatlas.com).
Mario Hilgemeier’s statistical analysis of RIPE data on the profile of the growth in host computers connected to the Internet in Europe (www.is-bremen.de/~mhi/eurogrow.htm).
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© 1998 Dick Stroud
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Stroud, D. (1998). Who is Using the Internet?. In: Internet Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333981474_3
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