TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors affecting Internet diffusion in China
T2 - A multivariate time series analysis
AU - Feng, Guangchao Charles
N1 - Funding information:
This study was funded in part by the grant of Joint Project of the 12nd “Five-year Plan in the Philosophy and Social Sciences of Guangdong Province” (Grant No. GD14XXW02). The author would like to thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.
Publisher copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - China’s Internet industry has boomed over the last two decades. Given that China is home to the world’s largest Internet population, we may wonder what factors have caused this medium, which is strictly controlled in China, to grow and flourish. Based on previous studies and theories, a framework called EPIC (Economy-Policy-Infrastructure-Content) is proposed, and a multivariate time series analysis is performed to examine the relationships between Internet diffusion and these factors. The growth of Internet penetration was found to be mainly driven by Internet content and access cost; however, GDP per capita and telecommunications infrastructure were inconsequential. The implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - China’s Internet industry has boomed over the last two decades. Given that China is home to the world’s largest Internet population, we may wonder what factors have caused this medium, which is strictly controlled in China, to grow and flourish. Based on previous studies and theories, a framework called EPIC (Economy-Policy-Infrastructure-Content) is proposed, and a multivariate time series analysis is performed to examine the relationships between Internet diffusion and these factors. The growth of Internet penetration was found to be mainly driven by Internet content and access cost; however, GDP per capita and telecommunications infrastructure were inconsequential. The implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Internet
KW - Diffusion
KW - China
KW - Time series
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tele.2015.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.tele.2015.02.009
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0736-5853
VL - 32
SP - 681
EP - 693
JO - Telematics and Informatics
JF - Telematics and Informatics
IS - 4
ER -