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[Links lead to sites in English, unless otherwise indicated. Pages based in the United States, unless otherwise indicated.]
Survey/Stats Data
'Net News
Development
Internet History
On-Line Communication Journals
Related Resources
Guides to World Maps and Languages
Survey/Stats Data:
- CyberAtlas - with information on
geographics and
demographics.
(Not always with an international focus, but does provide some
interesting global data.)
- Network Wizards responsible for the
Internet Domain Survey
that counts up number of hosts and domains worldwide.
- European
Hostcount
- NUA Internet Surveys - How Many Online? - estimates about number of people on-line world-wide, compiled from numerous sources.
- Virtual Tourist World Map - graphical represenation of WWW servers world-wide
- International E-mail Accessibility - information on the connectivity status of all countries, updated often; based in the UK
- The List - list of Internet Service Providers
- Boardwatch - collection of Internet Service Providers
- NetAccess Worldwide - list of Internet access providers
- "thedirectory" - over 8,300 Internet Access Providers - ISP and BBS listings in 115 countries
- Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS) (!little of their materials are available free on-line) - their own description: MIDS examines the composition, content, and users of the Internet and other networks in the Matrix of all computers worldwide that exchange electronic mail. We present that information textually, graphically, and geographically
- An Atlas of Cyberspaces - Mapping Cyberspace Using Geographic Metaphors - visualization studies of Internet traffic
'Net News
- NUA - Internet Developers & Consultants; business oriented, but sometimes offers interesting tid-bits of data; based in Ireland
- ISOC's Internet News
- The New York Times CyberTimes Index
- Media Trend Journal - information about Swiss media including the 'net and Web particulars; based in Switzerland, published in German
Development
- Internet Connectivity - Africa Region - a list of links to related organizations and some reports on "Why Internet in Africa"
- National Informatics Strategy of Hungary
- The Internet and the South: Superhighway or dirt-track?
- Hobbes' Internet Timeline v3.1
- A Brief History of the Internet
- The History of the Internet - timeline format
- History of the Internet and WWW: View from Internet Valley
- Netologie - related studies [in German with many resources in English]
- Sociology in Switzerland: Towards Cybersociety and "Vireal" Social Relations - on-line publications
- Telepolis - magazin der netzkultur - on-line publcation of net culture [based in Germany, published in German and English]
- The Information Economy - The Economics of the Internet, Information Goods, Intellectual Property and Related Issues, part of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California Berkeley
- SocioSite: Cyberspace and WebSociology - list of links
- Benton Foundation - Policy and Practice - communications in the public interest
- Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies - although rarely international in scope, offers a list of resources to those interested specifically in cyberculture (studies concerning communication in chat rooms, on listservs, bulletin boards, etc.)
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - access to maps covering every area of the world
- Xerox PARC Map
- Foreign Languages for Travelers - basics in over fifty languages (go from Zulu to Hungarian, from Arabic to Taiwanese, etc.)
Many other links to come very soon! We have them, they are just waiting to be organized. Add your own hot picks!
Last Updated: August 25, 1997; soccomp@princeton.edu