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World Internet Project

World Internet Project is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand World Internet Project rather than just read about it. In short: The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative research program that brings together academic institutions in 46 partner countries to study the social, economic and political impact of digital technology. Background The World Internet Project was founded in 1999 by Jeffrey I.

Key takeaways

World Internet Project belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect World Internet Project to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of World Internet Project from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative research program that brings together academic institutions in 46 partner countries to study the social, economic and political impact of digital technology.

Background The World Internet Project was founded in 1999 by Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism (the Center was formerly the UCLA Center for Communication Policy.) The Project was created to study the impact of the Internet and related digital technology in national and international communities. Based at universities and research institutes, the World Internet Project conducts research, generates publications, and holds annual conferences that explore the impact of these technologies. The World Internet Project studies the views and behavior of internet users and non-users. Each member institution conducts regular sample surveys of internet use and non-use in its country, including a series of core questions used by all of the partner countries. The critical defining characteristics of this research are that it is longitudinal, enables cross-country comparison, and includes both internet users and non-users. The World Internet Project creates international and national reports on Internet use and behavior based on its survey results. The Project published its tenth report in November 2019.

World Internet Project: International Partners List updated November 14, 2019 Organizer United States: Center for the Digital Future, USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism Partner countries

Africa (Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda) Australia - ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI), Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology Austria - Commission for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC) Belgium - University of Antwerp Canada - Canadian Internet Project (CIP). Recherche Internet Canada (RIC) Chile - School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (UC) China - China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) Colombia – CINTEL (Centro de Investigacion de Las Telecommunicaciones Cyprus - Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Communication and Internet Studies Czech Republic - Department of Sociology, Charles University in Prague France - M@rsouin Network Greece – EKKE: (National Centre for Social Research) Hungary - ITHAKA- Information Society and Network Research Center Indonesia – AAPJII (The Indonesia Association of Internet Service Providers Israel - The Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP) Sammy Ofer School of Communications, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Italy - SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University Japan - Rikkyo University, College of Sociology Macao - University of Macao, Macao Internet Project Mexico - Tecnológico de Monterrey Middle East (Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates New Zealand - New Zealand Work Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Portugal - Lisbon Internet and Networks International Research Programme (LINI) Qatar - Northwestern University in Qatar Russia - Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities South Africa - South African Network Society Survey, Wits Journalism, University of Witwatersrand Sweden - The Internet Foundation in Sweden (IIS) Switzerland - Division on Media Change & Innovation, IPMZ – Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich Taiwan - Taiwan e-Governance Research Center, Department of Public Administration, National Chengchi University Uruguay - Universidad Catolica del Uruguay

References

External links Center for the Digital Future: Official Website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with World Internet Project

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what World Internet Project claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to World Internet Project before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about World Internet Project ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of World Internet Project

In research: World Internet Project appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses World Internet Project in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: World Internet Project is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics World Wide Web, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for World Internet Project outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study World Internet Project in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what World Internet Project means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain World Internet Project out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does World Internet Project matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study World Internet Project?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on World Internet Project.