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Cole, Ph.D. Director, USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future Founder and Organizer, World Internet Project Michael Suman, Ph.D., Research Director Phoebe Schramm, Associate Director Liuning Zhou, Ph.D., Research Associate Eridani Reyes‐Sepulveda, Research Assistant Written by Harlan Lebo Production editing by Monica Dunahee World Internet Project International Report ̶ Fifth Edition | 3 PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE WORLD INTERNET PROJECT CYPRUS Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) Department of Communication and Internet Studies http://www.cut.ac.cy/ MEXICO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Proyecto Internet www.wip.mx POLAND Gazeta.pl Research and Analyses Unit http://badania.gazeta.pl RUSSIA Sholokhov Moscow State University for the Humanities http://mggu‐sh.ru/en SOUTH AFRICA The Media Observatory Wits Journalism University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg www.journalism.co.za SWEDEN .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation) World Internet Institute www.iis.se|www.wwi.se TAIWAN Taiwan e‐Governance Research Center Department of Public Administration, National Chengchi University http://www.teg.org.tw http://pa.nccu.edu.tw/ UNITED STATES Center for the Digital Future (Organizer) USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism www.digitalcenter.org For the complete list of international partners in the World Internet Project, see page 83. 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Olympic Blvd., Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 235‐4444 www.digitalcenter.org www.worldinternetproject.net World Internet Project International Report ̶ Fifth Edition | 5 CONTENTS Introduction: World Internet Project .................................................................9 International Status Reports ............................................................................ 11 Cyprus .................................................................................................................... 12 Mexico ................................................................................................................... 13 Poland .................................................................................................................... 14 Russia ..................................................................................................................... 15 South Africa ........................................................................................................... 16 Sweden .................................................................................................................. 18 Taiwan ................................................................................................................... 19 United States of America ....................................................................................... 21 Findings .......................................................................................... 23 1 | Internet use and non‐use ...................................................... 23 1.1 | Internet penetration in the World Internet Project countries ................. 24 Overall Internet use ................................................................................ 24 Internet use among men and women .................................................... 24 Internet use and education levels .......................................................... 25 Internet use by age ................................................................................. 25 Internet use and income levels .............................................................. 26 1.2 | Internet use: at home, work, school, and other locations ....................... 26 Internet use at home .............................................................................. 26 Internet use at work ............................................................................... 27 Internet use at school ............................................................................. 27 Internet use at other locations ............................................................... 28 1.3 | Wireless Internet: access and use ........................................................... 28 Internet access through wireless handheld devices .............................. 28 Internet access through wireless handheld devices: hours per week ... 29 1.4 | Internet connections at home ................................................................ 29 Connection type at home ....................................................................... 30 1.5 | Years online ............................................................................................ 30 1.6 | Internet non‐users: reasons for not going online .................................... 31 World Internet Project International Report ̶ Fifth Edition | 6 2 | Information seeking online .................................................... 32 2.1 | Searching for products, travel, and health information .......................... 33 Production information .......................................................................... 33 Travel information .................................................................................. 34 Health information ................................................................................. 34 2.2 | Internet use to look for jobs or work ...................................................... 35 2.3 | Visiting religious or spiritual websites .................................................... 35 2.4 | Finding or checking a fact ....................................................................... 36 2.5 | Looking up the definition of a word ........................................................ 36 2.6 | Internet use for school‐related work ...................................................... 37 2.7 | Browsing the Web .................................................................................