The Center for the Digital Future has released the third report of the World Internet Project, the first global partnership of research institutions that compiles data on the behavior and views of Internet users and non-users worldwide.

The World Internet Project, created and managed by the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, includes two years of findings from 16 of the project’s 34 partner countries: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus (separate findings for the Greek-Cypriot community and the Turkish-Cypriot community), Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The other partners in the World Internet Project are Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Macao, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and Uruguay.

The results of the studies reveal an international picture of change brought about by online technology in 87 major subject areas in 12 broad categories: Internet users and non-users, access to online information sites, access to online services, online purchasing, views about credit card security, online social connections, the Internet and the political process, media reliability and importance, offline media use, online communication, blogs, and the Internet and education.

“By building a global coalition of partner countries, we are building a broad base of knowledge about Internet use and views, and how that behavior varies from country to country,” said Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future and the World Internet Project.

The Center for the Digital Future also recently released a special report, “America at the Digital Turning Point,” which explores 10 major issues concerning the impact of online technology on users and non-users.

To download the report of the World Internet Project, or “America at the Digital Turning Point,” visit digitalcenter.org.

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