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Covering more than 80 countries around the world, this book provides a compelling, contemporary snapshot of how people in other countries are using the Internet, social media, and mobile apps. How do people in other countries use the social media platform Facebook differently than Americans do? What topics are discussed on the largest online forum-one in Indonesia, with more than seven million registered users? Why does Mongolia rate in the top-ten countries worldwide for peak Internet speeds? Readers of Online around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps will discover the answers to these questions and learn about people''s Internet and social media preferences on six continents-outside of the online community of users within the United States. The book begins with an overview of the Internet, social media platforms, and mobile apps that chronologically examines the development of technological innovations that have made the Internet what it is today. The country-specific entries that follow the overview provide demographic information and describe specific events influenced by online communications, allowing readers to better appreciate the incredible power of online interactions across otherwise-unconnected individuals and the realities and peculiarities of how people communicate in today''s fast-paced, globalized, and high-technology environment. This encyclopedia presents social media and the Internet in new light, identifying how the use of language and the specific application of human culture impacts emerging technologies and communications, dramatically affecting everything from politics to social activism, education, and censorship.>
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Overview of Popular International Social Media Sites
Chronology of Significant Events in Cyber History
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Botswana
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
China: Hong Kong
China: Macau
Colombia
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines230
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
About the author
Laura M. Steckman, PhD, is a fellow with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies. She is coeditor of Online Around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps (ABC-CLIO, 2017).
