Newswise — Ethnographers Tony Salvador and John Sherry spent nearly four years circling the globe in an effort to understand how the Internet is truly being used in the developing world, and for what good. In the October issue of IEEE Spectrum, they describe three quite different--but successful--models of Internet use.
In India, about 300 franchisees run information kiosks in villages. In Peru, cabinas publicas function somewhat like cybercafes, but with more phone service and less coffee. In Hungary, each telehaz serves both the local community and the government. A better understanding of what end users actually do on the Internet has led to new products and services by Intel and other companies.
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