The World Internet Project is a collaborative intellectual endeavor among a number of academic institutions. It originated at the UCLA Center for Communication Policy (now the USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future) and was founded with the NTU School of Communication Studies in Singapore and the Osservatorio Internet Italia at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. From the beginning it was recognized that the increasing influence of digital technology and the Internet is a cross-national phenomenon. It has always been the project’s intent to expand to include all the regions of the world and within five years to include 25 or more countries.

The originators of this project believe that the Internet (in whatever distribution system: PC, television, wireless or some yet to be developed system) will transform our social, political and economic lives. We further believe that the influence and importance of the Internet will dwarf that of the most important cultural influence of the past 50 years: television. Potentially the Internet represents change on the order of the industrial revolution or the printing press. Believing this, our Internet Project is designed to get in on the ground floor of that change and to watch and document what happens as households and nations acquire and use the Internet.

Based at universities and research institutes around the world, the WIP conducts detailed research, generates a wealth of publications and holds annual conferences looking at the impact of these new technologies. The WIP
is committed to sharing the results of its work with leaders in the policy, government and business communities as well as with journalists, parents, teachers and any interested citizens.

If you are interested in becoming a partner in the World Internet. Visit www.worldinternetproject.net

Membership

List updated July 20, 2011

• Australia - ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI), Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
  Swinburne University of Technology
  Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992...
  
  
• Brazil - Instituto Brazilero de Economia e Tecnologia (Brazilian Economics and Technology Institute)
• Canada - Canadian Internet Project (CIP). Recherche Internet Canada (RIC)
• Cape Verde - Inove Research
• Chile - School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (UC)
• China - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Colombia - CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONES (CINTEL)
• Cyprus - Cyprus University of Technology Faculty of Applied Arts and Communication, Department of Communication and Internet Studies
• Czech Republic - Faculty of Social Studies Masaryk, University in Brno
• Ecuador - Universidad de los Hemisferios
• France - Center for Political Research
• Germany - Deutsches Digital Institut
• Hungary - ITHAKA- Information Society and Network Research Center
• India - School of Journalism and New Media Studies, IGNOU
• Iran - Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, University of Alzahra
• Israel - The Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP) Sammy Ofer School of Communications, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
• Italy - SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
• Japan - Department of Media and Communications, Toyo University
• Macao - University of Macao
• Mexico - Tecnológico de Monterrey
• New Zealand - Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication
• Poland - Gazeta.pl Research and Analyses Unit
• Portugal - Lisbon Internet and Networks International Research Programme(LINI) http://www.lini-research.org/np4/home
• Singapore - Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC), Nanyang Technological University
• South Africa - University of Witwatersrand
• South Korea - Yonsei University
• Spain - Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3 - Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
• Sweden - .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation)
• Switzerland - Division on Media Change & Innovation, IPMZ – Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
• Taiwan - Department of Public Administration, National Chengchi University
• United Arab Emirates - Mass Communication Department- American University of Sharjah
  American University of Sharjah
  American University of Sharjah is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational higher educational institution in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1997 by Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah...
  
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• United Kingdom - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
• Uruguay - Universidad Catolica del Uruguay
• US - Center for the Digital Future, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism