The Internet Studies Page

Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
and
Irena M. Goltz (tmciolek@ciolek.com)

[Est.: 9 Nov 1994. Last revised: 10 Feb 2010.]

The purpose of this and related constellation of documents is to keep track of the leading sources of information dealing with the social, political and cultural issues of the Internet. Please mail tmciolek@ciolek.com if you know of relevant document not in these pages.

This page forms also an Appendix to the Asia Web Watch: a Register of Statistical Data.

Internet - bibliography

• Unofficial Internet Book List (MIT, USA)
  [Compiled by Kevin M. Savetz, April 1996]

Internet - history and developments

• ARPANET and Beyond (clavin.music.uiuc.edu, USA)
  [A paper by Sean Tappendorf, Jul 30 Jul 1995. Contents: To ARPANET, ARPANET to NFSNET, NFSNET to Internet, Conclusion, Works Cited, Appendices A-C]
• Asian Studies and the WWW: a Quick Stocktaking at the Cusp of two Millennia (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [A paper by T.M. Ciolek. May 98. Presented at the Pacific Neighbourhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.]
• Brief History of the Internet (Internet Society, USA)
  [Introduction; Origins of the Internet; The Initial Internetting Concepts; Proving the Ideas; Transition to Widespread Infrastructure; The Role of Documentation; Formation of the Broad Community; Commercialization of the Technology; History of the Future; Footnotes; Timeline; References; Authors]
• Global Networking: a Timeline (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [(a) Advances in long distance person-to-person communication; (b) advances in storage, replication, cataloging, finding, and retrieval of information; (c) standardisation of concepts and tools for long distance interaction. Early developments, 4th c. BCE, 3rd c. BCE, 2nd c. BCE, 1st c. BCE, 1st millennium CE, 1000s, 1100s, 1200s, 1300s, 1400s, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Sources]
• History of the Net (U. Michigan, USA)
  [H.E. Hardy. 1993. Master's Thesis School of Communications, Grand Valley State Univ. Allendale, MI 49401]
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline (www.zakon.org, USA)
  [1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Growth, FAQ, Sources]
• Internet Archive (www.archive.org, USA)
  [Internet Archive, established by Brewster Kahle, the inventor of WAIS, is collecting and storing public materials from the Internet such as the World Wide Web, Netnews, and downloadable software which have been donated by Alexa Internet. The Archive will provide historians, researchers, scholars, and others access to this vast collection of data (reaching ten terabytes), and ensure the longevity of this information.]
• Internet Explained (www.southbourne.com, UK)
  [A 2005 article by Vincent Marcello, Southbourne Internet Ltd, UK. Site contents: Internet Explained, Arpanet - Ethernet, Birth of the Browser, The Internet in Practice, Domain Name System, Internet2, Future Development.]
• Nelson, Lynn H. 1999. Before the Web: the early development of History on-line. "Linguaggi e Siti : la storia on line", n.3, Memoria e Ricerca - Rivista di storia contemporanea, gennaio-giugno 1999, pp.115-130.
  [An article on the early history of scholarly online resources on the Internet]
• Internet History and WWW History: Sources on the Net (isa.dknet.dk, Denmark)
  [General Internet Histories, Behind the WWW, Internet and WWW Statistics: Size, Traffic, Use]
• Internet: Past, Present and Future - Internet & WWW History (www.vissing.dk, Denmark)
  [A 1996 article by Jesper Vissing Laursen, 29 Kb]
• Materials for the history of early days of the scholarly Internet (U. Kansas, USA)
  [An FTP site by Prof. Lynn H.Nelson, Dept of History, U.Kansas]
• Netizens: On the History and Impact of the Net (Columbia, U, USA)
  [A 1996 online book by Michael and Ronda Hauben on the history and impact of various aspects of the Net: the Internet, ARPANET, Usenet, etc. ]
• Ciolek, T. M. 2003. Travels in Asian Cyberspace: A Brief History of Asian Studies Online. In: Enrica Garzilli (Ed.), 2003, "Journal of South Asia Women Studies" (JSAWS), Vol. 9 (1), ISSN 1084-7478 [www.asiatica.org/jsaws/vol9_no1/paper2.php].
  Also available from: www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/asian-studies-online-2003.html
• World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond (U. Pennsylvania, USA)
  [What is the World-Wide Web? Structure of the WWW, History of hypertext, Origins of the WWW, What is Xanadu? History of the Xanadu system, Some weaknesses of the WWW, Conclusion: Success of the WWW, Bibliography - April 1995 paper by Lenny Zeltser]

Internet - statistics and measurements

• Accessibility and Distribution of Information on the Web (wwwmetrics.com, USA)
  [A 1999 paper by Steve Lawrence and Lee Giles. It summarizes their study in the journal Nature: "Accessibility of information on the web", Nature, Vol. 400, pp. 107-109, 1999.]
• Asia Web Watch: a Register of Statistical Data
  [Terminology, Methodological Issues, Internet Statistics, Web Databases Statistics, Asia Online Materials Statistics, References]
• Computer Industry Forecasts
  [Market data on computers, peripherals, software, storage, the Internet, and communications equipment. Details include sales and shipment forecasts, market share, installed base, planned purchases, and more. Free search of 1, 000s of data entries abstracted from leading information technology journals.]
• eStats (www.emarketer.com, USA)
  [Aggregating statistical data from hundreds of authoritative research sources, eMarketer reports offer the most comprehensive and accurate picture available of the internet marketplace.]
• Exploring the Digital Annapurna: On the Monitoring and Mapping of Asian Cyberspace. (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [A paper by T.M. Ciolek. Jun 98. Presented at the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Leiden, The Netherlands.]
• Global Internet Statistics by Language (www.euromktg.com)
  [The latest estimated figures of the number of each language population on the Internet (native speakers): those who have access to the Internet on a worldwide scale (that is, who have email access) or to the Web. Site contents: Online Language Populations [Table]; Diagram; Statistical data]
• How Many Online? (NUA, Ireland)
  [Coverage: World Total Africa Asia/Pacific Europe Middle East Canada & USA Latin America]
• Internet Domain Survey (www.isc.org, USA)
  [The Domain Survey by 'Internet Software Consortium' and 'Network Wizards' attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. Site contents: Survey Results - Jan 2000, Jul 99, Jan 99, Jul 98, Jan 98, Jul 97, Jan 97, Jul 96, Jan 96, Jul 95, Jan 95. Related Documents At Other Sites (European Host Count Statistics, Matrix Information and Directory Services, Growth of the World Wide Web, Internet Trends, The Netcraft Web Server Survey, Index of Net Surveys, The Internet Society)]
• Internet Index (www.openmarket.com, USA)
  [An occasional collection of facts and statistics about the Internet and related activities. The Index (est. Dec 1993) is edited by Win Treese]
• Internet Statistics - Growth and Usage of the Web and the Internet (MIT, USA)
  [Internet Growth Data, Internet Growth Summary, Web Growth Data, Web Growth Summary, Terminology]
• Internet Statistics - Estimated (www.netree.com, USA)
  [These second-by-second estimates (people on the Internet and WWW sites on the Internet) are based on Internet statistics from Internet Business Center, as well as other sites.
  NOTE: the www.netree.com site has vanished from the Net sometime in late March 97. However, its services are available from '204.32.221.12' address - ed.]
• Size, Content and Geography of Asian Cyberspace: An Initial Measurement. (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [A paper by T.M. Ciolek. Sep 97. To appear in: The Journal of East Asian Libraries, CEAL. 1997.]
• The Statistics ToolBox (www.iw.com, USA)
  [A selection of links to the latest Internet statistics: E-Commerce; Usage of Web Sites; Who's Online, Web Advertising; Technology Issues, Hardware and Software; Wasted Bytes in Web-site Downloads; Measuring Download Times of Top 20 Sites; Statistics Toolbox Archive; NetStats]

Internet - tools & guides

• Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication (www.december.com, USA)
• Internet Resources Register (www.brandonu.ca, Canada)
• Network Payment Mechanisms and Digital Cash (Trinity College, Ireland)
• New (and Old) User's Guide to the Net (Dalhousie U, Canada)
• Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap Course (Massey U.NZ)
• Print Publications Related to Business Use of the Internet (arganet.tenagra.com, USA)
• WebChat System (www.irsociety.com, USA)
• WWW Development WWW Virtual Library (www.charm.net)

Internet - analyses and reflections

• Asian Studies and the WWW: a Quick Stocktaking at the Cusp of two Millennia (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [A paper by T.M. Ciolek. May 98. Presented at the Pacific Neighbourhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.]
• Computer Industry Almanac Inc. (www.c-i-a.com, USA)
  [Databases; Forecasts; Press Releases: (Internet Users per Capita by Top Countries, Countries with the Most Internet Users, Countries with the Most Computers)]
• Economics of Networks Page (New York U, USA)
• Freedom of Speech & Censorship on The Internet (U. Strathclyde, UK)
  [Nov 1994 paper by Paul F. Burton]
• HomeNet Research Reports (Carnegie Mellon U, USA)
  [The findings of HomeNet, the first study to look specifically at the impact that the Internet is having over time on the social involvement and psychological well being of average Americans.]
• Information Economy - Background and Reference (U. Cal, Berkeley, USA)
  [Internet Economics, FAQ, Net Surveys & Demographics]
• International Center For Information Ethics (ICIE) (Univ. of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Germany)
  [A Website by Prof. Rafael Capurro; Teaching; Research; Publications; Meetings; Virtual Forums; News]
• Internet Interviews II (The Royal Library, Denmark)
• Internet in the Eyes of an Ethnographer [94 paper by S.Helmers] (duplox.wz-berlin.de, Germany)
• Internet Structure and Development: On Strategic Uses of the Archetypes of the Networked Mind.
  [A paper by T.M. Ciolek. Jan 99. Presented at the Pacific Neighbourhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.]
• Dodge, Martin. 1998. The Geography of the Cyberspace (University College London, UK)
• Ess, Charles. 1998. Cosmopolitan Ideal or Cybercentrism? A Critical Examination of the Underlying Assumptions of "the electronic global village" (iq.orst.edu, USA)
• Netsurf: the Discussion Seminars (U. Pennsylvania, USA)
  [Social implications of information technologies]
• Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Network-Based Electronic Publishing of Scholarly Works: A Selective Bibliography. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 6, no. 1 (1995).(U. Houston, USA)
• Book and The Computer - Electronic Journal (www.honco.net, Japan)
  [A venue for contemplating the future of the printed word, and more specifically, for addressing the challenges faced by books, libraries, printers, electronic publishers and the Internet. The online journal debuted in August 1998.]
• Internet and the Anti-net: Two public internetworks are better than one (Verity Inc, USA)
  [a 1994 article by N.Arnett] ]
• The Internet in 2000: Opportunities and Disadvantages to Scholarly Work (results of an online brainstorming session) (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
• The Internet in 1998: Opportunities and Disadvantages to Scholarly Work (results of an online brainstorming session) (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [a 1998 article by T.M. Ciolek]
• Network Observer (TNO) newsletter (U. California, San Diego, USA)
• Present and Future of the Internet: Five faces (Internet Society, USA)
  [a Jul 1994 article by T. Rutkowski]
• State of the Internet: USIC's Report on Use & Threats in 1999 (www.usic.org. USA)
• Telecommunications Towards 1997: Key Issues - Discussion Paper (www.cutlerco.com.au, Australia)
  [Dr Terry Cutler, Cutler & Company, 1 August 1995]
• Today's WWW--tomorrow's MMM? The specter of multi-media mediocrity (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [a 1996 article by T.M. Ciolek]
• UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society
  [The Observatory's main objectives are to raise awareness on the ethical, legal and societal challenges brought about by new technologies.]
• Universal Access To E-mail- Feasibility and Societal Implications (www.rand.org, USA)
  [Robert H. Anderson et. al. 1995. RAND. This is the final report of a two-year RAND study. It is designed as a sourcebook on key social, technical, economic, and international issues related to providing universal access to e-mail within the United States]
• User Acceptance of Electronically Published Scholarly Material [94 paper by G.Barwell] (ADFA, Australia)
• Web Column (macval.citi.doc.ca, Canada)
• Web Publishing Paradigms (Simon Fraser U., Canada)

Internet - user surveys

• 1st WWW User Survey - Jan 1994 (Georgia Inst.of Techn, USA)
• 2nd WWW User Survey - Nov 1994 (Georgia Inst.of Techn, USA)
• 8th WWW User Survey - Oct 1997 (Georgia Inst.of Techn, USA)
  [Results from the General Demographics, Authoring, Browser Usage, Consumer & Web Service providers (pre-test) Questionnaires; The collected datasets for all questionnaires; First publically available stratified comparison between traditional Web users and those entering via major online access providers (e.g. Prodigy). Additional comparisons were performed on location and gender]
• CyberAtlas - The Reference Desk for Web Marketing (www.cyberatlas.com, USA)
  [Market Size; U.S. Web Demographics; Web Geographics; Usage Patterns; Advertising; Retail and E-Commerce; Business to Business; Intranets; Site Building; Browsers; Modems; Servers; Push Technology; Software; CyberAtlas Home Page; About CyberAtlas; Search CyberAtlas; Send us Feedback; Glossary of Terms; Related Links; Archives]
• NUA Internet Surveys (NUA, Ireland)
  [Links to surveys, summaries of trends and analyses provided by Nua Ltd: Internet Strategy and Marketing Consultants - Web Developers]
• Scholarly Uses of the Internet: 1998 Online Survey (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [a 1998 article by T.M. Ciolek]
• Sep 1995 survey by O'Reilly and Trish Information (www.ora.com, USA)
  [O'Reilly & Associates has released the results of the first statistically defensible survey of Internet and online service users. Analyzed results provide demographic information about Internet users and their reasons for using the Internet, Web, or other online services]
• Oct 1995 A. C. Nielsen survey - a short summary (www.zdnet.com, USA)
  [A. C. Nielsen survey estimates that over 17 million people in Canada and the United States use the web and that Internet usage begins to match VCR]

Internet - recommendations, policies and agendas

• Europe and the Global Information Society (EARN, EU)
  [Jun 94 Bangemann report]
• Government Policy & the Information Superhighway (NLA, Australia)
  [National and global information infrastructure in: Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Singapore, UK US]
• Impact of the Emerging Information Society on the Policy Development Process and Democratic Quality (1998) (www.oecd.org)
  [This report was commissioned by the OECD Public Management Service to explore how the new information and communications technologies (ITCs) and the emerging "information society" (IS) are changing the way governments handle information in the policy making process, and to discuss some of the issues these changes raise for the conduct of democratic government.]
• Networked Nation (astec.gov.au, Australia)
  [Sep 1994 Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC) report]

Internet - research centers

• Computer-Mediated Communication Studies Center (www.december.com, USA)
  [CMC Magazine; Books; Courses; Programs; People; Activities; Resources]

J.A. December, M. Jensen, J. Vissing Laursen, P. O'Nolan, Vincent Marcello.

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