Surveying the Digital Future: The Impact of the Internet

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Surveying the Digital FutureThe Impact of
the Internet

• Year Four
• Ten Years (1994-2004)/ Ten Trends
• Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D.
• Director, The Center for the Digital Future
• at USC Annenberg
• Transatlantic Dialog
• October 12, 2004
• Berlin, Germany

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Ten Years (1994-2004)/Ten Trends

• 1994 the beginning of the popular Internet (1969
  beginning of ARPANET)
• AOL offered Internet access as a additional
  feature of walled-garden service
• Netscape browser first appeared

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Countries and Regions in Current Comparisons

• United States
• Singapore
• Italy
• Sweden
• Japan
• Taiwan
• Great Britain
• India
• Iran
• Australia
• Bolivia
• Hong Kong

• Mainland China
• Macao
• South Korea
• Germany
• Hungary
• Spain
• Chile
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Philipines
• Portugual
• Africa about to join

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Trend 9

• Parents losing some of their enthusiasm for the
  Internet and more likely to equate it with
  television

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Parents losing some of their enthusiasm

• Believe their children are at great risk (but
  also that it is important to be online)
• More likely to feel children spend too much time
  online and to punish by denying Internet
• Less likely to believe that Internet will help
  their childrens grades in school

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Does anyone under 18 in your household get
punished by being denied access to?
Q1070 (W-3)
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How important is the Internet for your
schoolwork? Would you say it is
Q1135 (E-1)
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In your opinion, have the grades of those under
18 in your household improved or declined since
your household started using the Internet?
Q1080 (W-1)
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Do you tell your parents about everything you do
on the Internet
Chart R71
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Are any of the following means of Internet
supervision of those under 18 used in your
household?
Chart JF23
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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Web http/digitalcenter.org
• E-mail cole_at_digitalcenter.org
• Phone [phone]