[Air-l] american internet penetration stats?

[Nancy Baym]

Yes -- this is the problem I was having, I agree on the value of the 
ITU stats,but I was specifically looking for what percentage of 
Americans were using the internet. Background here is that I am 
looking at American discourse about the internet from 1993ish-2004 
(newspaper advice columns right now), and want to convey a sense of 
how many Americans might have been using the internet during those 
years, especially the early years when the internet is constructed as 
a marriage and life destroying monster (yes, that's really the 
metaphor that gets used).

Thanks,
Nancy


>Andy,
>it depends on what Nancy looks for. The ITU provides the provider view,
>the supply-side, the technology side. If Nancy wants to have a look on
>usage, or the demand side,  the value of the ITU numbers is "somewhat"
>limited. The number of telephone main lines or of hosts does not predict
>social usage.
>
>Regards
>F. Thomas
>
>Chadwick Andrew wrote:
>>  Hi Nancy,
>>
>>  It's probably better to use the ITU data as the definitive source; they
>>  are the only official global repository. They rely on the national
>>  sources, but try to be consistent and rigorous in the way they clean the
>>  data. They have a complete set for the US for every year back to 1995.
>>  Look for the latest Statistics Yearbook on their website - a goldmine!
>>
>>  Yours,
>>
>>  Andy
>>
>>  ---------------------------------
>>  Dr Andrew Chadwick,
>>  Senior Lecturer in Political Science,
>>  Head of Department,
>>  Department of Politics & International Relations,
>>  Royal Holloway College,
>>  University of London,
>>  http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR
>>  http://www.andrewchadwick.com
>>
>>
>>  
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>>>  [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Baym
>>>  Sent: 08 September 2006 16:19
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>>>  Subject: Re: [Air-l] american internet penetration stats?
>>>
>>>  Also I do want to mention the Pew chart on American internet
>>>  adoption at this page:
>>>
>>>  http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp
>>>
>>>  Nancy
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