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Economic View of Internet Freedom Issue

Authors:
Rasim Alguliev
Farhad Yusifov

Keywords: Internet freedom; information environment; GDP; information security

Abstract:
In the present research, we examine the relationship between the Internet freedom and various social, political and especially economic factors, as they affect the Internet growth. The results show a strong relationship between a country’s GDP and Internet penetration. In general, the hypothesis which predicts that the higher a country’s GDP per capita, the more likely that it has Internet access and freedom, is supported.

Pages: 71 to 73

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-324-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014