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Is the internet really new after all?: the determinants of telecommunications diffusion in historical perspective

Perkins, Richard and Neumayer, Eric ORCID: 0000-0003-2719-7563 (2011) Is the internet really new after all?: the determinants of telecommunications diffusion in historical perspective. Professional Geographer, 63 (1). pp. 55-72. ISSN 0033-0124

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Identification Number: 10.1080/00330124.2010.500994

Abstract

Recent anxieties over the digital divide have centered on the observation that uptake of the Internet is shaped by a number of identifiable, place-based factors. Yet is the Internet any more a product of material geography than previous communication technologies? Our contribution in this article seeks to address this question by deploying quantitative techniques to examine whether the country-level adoption of past communication networks—mail, telegrams, and telephone—was shaped by similar socioeconomic factors. Our results reveal striking similarities in the domestic attributes—income, education, and trade openness—influencing rates of uptake across all four technologies during their major periods of diffusion. © 2011 by Association of American Geographers.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RTPG
Additional Information: © 2011 Association of American Geographers
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2010 15:03
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2024 20:03
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30800

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