Internet Studies at Queen's

Internet Associations and Centres
Digital Media and Communications Resources
E-government and Political Resources
E-Commerce and M-Commerce Resources
Digital Divide Resources
Electronic Journals and Bibliographies
Internet Demographics

Internet Associations and Centres

Association of Internet Researchers
The Association of Internet Researchers is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders.
http://aoir.org/

Digital World Research Centre
The Digital World Research Centre investigates the relationships between people, society and digital technologies.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/

Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is devoted to the study of the impact of the Internet on society, and aims to put Oxford, the UK and Europe at the centre of debates about how the Internet could and should develop.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/

The Internet Society
The Internet Society provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards.
http://www.isoc.org/

Pew Internet & American Life Project
The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.
http://www.pewinternet.org/

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
The Center strives to emphasize the point that advances in technology are neither inherently good nor inherently evil – but that every new technology has the potential to cause problems, and the capacity to solve problems.
http://www.tecsoc.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center
EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, focusing public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values
http://epic.org/

Berkeley Center for the Information Society
The BCIS is a research centre focused on the social impact of the information technology revolution. Key areas include: challenges of the global information society and different models of responding to it; the use of IT in social movements; and enhancing equal social opportunities with IT.
http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/BCIS/

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Digital Media and Communications Resources

UCLA Center for Communication Policy
The Center is a forum for the discussion and development of policy alternatives addressing the leading issues in media and communication.
http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/index.asp/

Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at U. of Toronto, focusing on advanced research and development at the intersection of digital media and world civic politics.
http://www.citizenlab.org/

Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
A joint project of the Annelberg School for Communication (U. of Southern California) and the Information Systems Division of School of Business Administration (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem).
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/

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E-government and Political Resources

Crossing Boundaries
Crossing Boundaries is a collaborative research project involving e-government leaders in Canada and around the world in setting and advancing the e-government agenda.
http://www.crossingboundaries.ca/

Political Resources on the Net
Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.
http://www.politicalresources.net/

Governments on the WWW
Listing of all major government web sites and institutions.
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Elections Around the World
A listing of political parties on the web, parliaments around the world, and electoral calendars.
http://www.electionworld.org/

E-Democracy Resource Links
Frequently updated online resources with links and announcements directly related to e-democracy from across the Internet.
http://www.publicus.net/

The Network Observer
The Network Observer (TNO) is a free on-line newsletter about networks and democracy.
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/

Elections Canada
Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums.
http://www.elections.ca/

Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
The mission of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet is to promote the development of U.S. online politics in a manner which upholds democratic values.
http://www.ipdi.org/

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E-Commerce and M-Commerce Resources

MobileInfo.com
Site includes definitions, resources, and information concerning mobile commerce and computing, and wireless technologies.
http://www.mobileinfo.com/Mcommerce/

Info Merchant
Links to resources on m-commerce and e-commerce, as well as government and commercial industry links.
http://www.infomerchant.net/

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research
The journal focuses on electronic commerce including their theoretical foundations, infrastructure and enabling technologies.
http://www.csulb.edu/web/journals/jecr/

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Electronic commerce is a central element in the OECD's vision of the potential that our networked world holds for sustainable economic growth, more and better jobs, expanding world trade, and improved social conditions.
http://www.oecd.org/topic/

eMarketer
A source for statistics, trend data and original analysis covering every aspect of the Internet, e-business and emerging technologies.
http://www.emarketer.com/

ECommerce Times
A published news source for e-business and technology, based in the United States.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/

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Digital Divide Resources

Digital Divide (PBS Network)
Digital Divide shines a light on the role computers play in widening social gaps throughout our society, particularly among young people.
http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/

U.S. Department of Education Digital Divide Archives
Links to various resources concerning the digital divide, with special reference to the effects of the digital divide on education in America.
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/digdiv.html/

Digital Divide Network
News headlines and information concerning the digital divide in North America.
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/

Americans in the Information Age Falling Through the Net
A series of reports by the U.S. Census Bureau, measuring the extent of digital inclusion by looking at households and individuals that have a computer and an Internet connection.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/

CTCNET
Community technology centers (CTCs) are stepping-stones to opportunity, equality and civic participation for youth, senior citizens, people with disabilities, people of color, low-income and new residents. (check out the publications section)
http://www.ctcnet.org/

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Electronic Journals and Bibliographies

The Tavani Bibliography of Computing
A bibliography of over 2,000 titles on subjects relating to computing, ethics, and social responsibility in computing.
http://cyberethics.cbi.msstate.edu/biblio/

NetFuture: Technology and Human Responsibility
NetFuture is an electronic newsletter that seeks especially to address those deep levels at which we half-consciously shape technology and are shaped by it.
http://www.praxagora.com/stevet/netfuture/

Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
The journal's focus is on computer-mediated communication, and the pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings.
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/optek/

The Information Society (TIS) Journal
A key critical forum for leading edge analysis of the impacts, policies, system concepts, methodologies related to information technologies and changes in society and culture.
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/index.html/

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Internet Demographics

The Geography of Cyberspace Directory
This site contains a somewhat eclectic list of information resources that help us measure and map these new virtual geographies of the Internet, the Web and Cyberspace.
http://www.cybergeography.org/mapping.html

CyberAtlas - The Big Picture Demographics
The site provides readers with valuable statistics and Web marketing information, providing a review of the latest surveys and technologies available.
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/

Internet Domain Survey
This site provides lists of every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System, and has links to other interesting internet survey sites.
http://www.isc.org/ds/

Online Computer Library Center
The Web Characterization Project conducts an annual Web sample to analyze trends in the size and content of the Web.
http://wcp.oclc.org/

The Internet Traffic Report
A site providing statistics on the electronic flow of data around the world.
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm/

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Internet Facts

	The highest internet use in Canada is in British Columbia, closely followed by Alberta (Statistics Canada, 2000).
	As of June 2003, Brightmail found that more than 48 percent of all e-mail traffic was spam, and that some e-mail users, such as high profile companies, are suffering from spam rates as high as 79 percent (Brightmail Data, Robyn Greenspan).
	Stats Canada found that 84% of internet users connect to e-mail and many use it as a daily communication tool (Statistics Canada, 2000).
	Google has indexed more pages than any other search engine. As of Nov. 6, 2002, Google had indexed over 3 billion documents (Viz Marketing Ltd, 2003).
	The precursor to the Internet, ARPANET was a large wide-area network created by the United States Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA). Established in 1969, ARPANET served as a testbed for new networking technologies, linking many universities and research centres (Behind the Net - The untold history of the ARPANET, Michael Hauben).
	Average amount of time per week spent actively using the Internet for North Americans: 14 hours per person (Nielsen NetRatings, 2000).
	During the summer of 2003, 82 % of American college graduates will search for careers and employment information online (NUA Internet Surveys).
	The dominant age range on the Internet is 18 to 35 years old (MIDS). The average age is around 31 (GVU WWW Survey).
	Maximum number of characters in one component of a domain name: 63. Average number of characters in a domain name in 1999: 11 (The Internet Index, Network Solutions).
	Average amount of time devoted to web searching: 520 hours per person (21 days) (Nielsen NetRatings, 2000).
	Mediamark Research Inc. has released data which suggests that there are 64.2 million adults going online in the U.S. every month (NUA Internet Surveys, 2002).
	Adults 55 and older are the fastest growing group of Internet users (Cyberatlas, 2003).
	In 2001, more than 5.8 million, 49% of all Canadian households, had at least one member that regularly used the Internet from home, an increase of 1.1 million from the previous year (Statistics Canada).
	The Internet Economy now directly supports more than 3.088 million workers, including an additional 600,000 in the first half of 2000 (Cisco Systems).
	NUA provides an "educated guess" of the number of people online worldwide as of July 2002: 605.60 million people (Africa 6.31 million, Asia/ Pacific 187.24 million, Europe 190.91 million, Middle East 5.12 million, Canada & USA 182.67 million, Latin America 33.35 million) (NUA Internet Surveys).
	Only 12 per cent of Canadians stayed on-line for more than 40 hours a month in 1998 (Computing Canada).
	Cisco Systems is the world's largest Internet commerce site, selling more than $32 million in products every day (Cisco Systems, Inc., 2003).
	13 million Americans visited photo-sharing Websites during November 2002 (ComScore Media Metrix).
	The Internet has overtaken television to become the most heavily used medium among teenage boys in Hong Kong (NFO WorldGroup, 2002).
	CyberAtlas reports that 56 percent of Internet users don't bother looking through more than two pages of results on search engines (iProspect, 2002).
	Despite the fact that the percentage of online shoppers who trust that their personal information will be safe rose from 27 percent to 31 percent over the past year, only 21 percent of Internet users believe that online purchasing data transactions are secure (NFO WorldGroup, 2002).
	39 percent of broadband users in Europe use their broadband connection for swapping music files, compared to 18 percent of Internet users with narrowband connections (Jupiter Media , 2002).
	Around 44 percent of Americans believe that individuals have a better chance of meeting a partner online than in a single’s bar. Yet, only 27 percent of Americans would recommend it to single pals as an alternative way of meeting other people (NUA Internet Surveys, 2002).
	Users who access the Internet at work are bigger online spenders than those who access the Web at home. Internet media consumption is 22% higher than those who access the Internet at home only (Avenue A Media, 2002).
	Almost 80 percent of men aged 55 or over, go online to search for information or to pursue their hobbies. However, 86 percent of women in the same age category prefer to use the Net to communicate with close friends and family (Age Concern, 2002).
	Radio was in existence 38 years before 50 million people tuned in; TV took 13 years to reach that mark. Once it was opened to the general public, the Internet crossed that line in 4 years (Webicon).
	The average household income of the typical Internet user in North America is $65,000 (UpStateLife Internet Services, 2003).
	Women, from approximately age 20 to age 50, are more likely to be Internet users than men. From about age 60 and older, men have higher rates of Internet use than women (American Woman Road & Travel, 2003).

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