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Julian Thomas

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World Internet Project international report summary

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely on the Internet

World Internet Project international report summary

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely on the Internet

Mapping the internet in Australia
Mapping the internet in Australia
Wired high rise: a community-based computer network

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing and Liza Hopkins summarise three years of research on the social effects of computer network established between 1999 and 2004 and based in Atherton Gardens, a high rise public housing estate in Fitzroy, Melbourne

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