Virtual reality
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology
Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology
Being Digital
Electronic Democracy
Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule
Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule
Code: Version 2.0
Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World
Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering (Information Revolution and Global Politics)
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
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Is the dramatic increase in Internet use associated with a commensurate rise in democracy? Few previous studies have drawn on multiple perception-based measures of governance to assess the Internet's effects on the process of democratization. This paper uses perception-based time series data on "Voice & Accountability," "Political Stability," and "Rule of Law" to provide insights into democratic tendency. The results of regression analysis suggest that the level of "Voice & Accountability" in a country increases with Internet use, while the level of "Political Stability" decreases with increasing Internet use. Additionally, Internet use was found to increase significantly for countries with increasing levels of "Voice & Accountability." In contrast, "Rule of Law" was not significantly affected by a country's level of Internet use. Increasing cell phone use did not seem to affect either "Voice & Accountability," "Political Stability" or "Rule of Law." In turn, cell phone use was not affected by any of these three measures of democratic tendency. When limiting our analysis to autocratic regimes, we noted a significant negative effect of Internet and cell phone use on "Political Stability" and found that the "Rule of Law" and "Political Stability" metrics drove ICT adoption.