Internet diffusion and regime type: Temporal patterns in technology adoption

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• 作者：Sebastian Stier ^{sebastian.stier@gesis.org}
• 关键词：Internet diffusion ; Technology adoption ; Regime type ; Democracy ; Authoritarian regimes
• 刊名：Telecommunications Policy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：1
• 页码：25-34
• 全文大小：339 K
• 卷排序：41

文摘

Temporal variations in the relationship between regime type and internet diffusion. Discussion of theoretical and methodological shortcomings in previous studies. Statistical analysis of country-level internet diffusion from 1996 to 2013. Autocracies have caught up with democracies in internet diffusion. Economic benefits of the internet are vital to democratic and autocratic regimes.