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ideographic language (Chinese, Information Age, President Clin-
Japanese), 286 ton’s speech on (MIT), 293f.;
Ihde, Don (concept of soft determin- grand theories of, 188; impor-
ism), 32n. 10, 33n. 11, 33n. 14 tance of language in, 283
IIE (The Internet in Education - Information Society, as part of habi-
Korean junior/high school net- tus, meconnaissance (Bourdieu),
work), 246, 254 252
indecency, as problem, sensational- “Information Superhighway,” as
ized in Korean journalism, 248; metaphor (Jones), 53; as sup-
as believed to have negative ef- pressing democratization, 241f.
fects (Korea), 257f. Information Technology (IT), Euro-
India, 13–15, 287, 317; cultural di- pean and North American theo-
versity in, 296; efforts to promote rists of, 189; implementation,
localized software, 291–93; as factors in, 215; in South Asia,
second-largest Islamic nation, 287–91. See also chat rooms;
296; linguistic diversity of, 304n. CMC; CSCW; electronic net-
3; “love affair with English,” 300; works; hypertext; Internet; list-
low telephone, Internet penetra- serv; mailing lists; Usenet
tion, 297, 301; and McWorld, 295; infrastructure, deficits, 10; as vari-
projected growth of middle able in technology diffusion, 98
classes, 301; role of the states in Institut de hautes études en admin-
localization, 301; World Bank sta- istration publique (IDHEAP),
tistics on, 297 study of “cyberadministration”
Indian software industry, export (Switzerland), 155f.
orientation of, 298 interactive communication, 6
indigenous peoples (Australia, interactive networks, low ethnocen-
South Africa), 36n. 20 trism as predictor of diffusion,
individual, freedom of, 18. See also 159; objective traits of (in innova-
individual choice and will-power tion diffusion), 94f. See also chat
(in habitus), 11, 243 rooms; CMC; CSCW; electronic
individualism, concerns about as networks; Internet; Internet
contra Japanese emphasis on cafes; listserv; mailing lists;
group solidarity, 269; as fostered Usenet
by CMC, 17; as Western ideal, interactivity, as educational benefit,
308 64
individualism/collectivism (Hofst- intercultural communication, 37n.
ede), 91, 163, 168, 177–80, 236n. 23, 39n. 28, 9, 24, 162. See also
5; as independent variable, 37n. cross-cultural communication
23; Japan as group-oriented, intercultural persons, 24, 28f.
North America as individualistic, intercultural global village, 4, 5, 29
Scandinavia as between the two, interdisciplinary dialogue, 17ff.
219 Internet, as predominantly Ameri-
Indonesia, and Islam, 32n. 9; can, 307; and the arts (Korea and
Usenet newsgroups and political Japan), 266; believed to have neg-
freedom in, 309 ative effects, 32n. 11, (Korea),
Industrialized/Industrializing, 19 257f.; censorship of (Kuwait), 195