Three countries - the United Kingdom, United States and China - produced 40 percent of the world?s cultural trade products in 2002, while Latin America and Africa together accounted for less than four percent according to a report published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

This paper published in the USC(University of Southern California) Journal of Computer-Mediated communication is a comparative analysis of Web usage and access across racial/ethnic groups in the United States, mainly between whites and African-Americans. This work is intended to stimulate discussion among scholars and policy makers interested in how differences in Internet access and use among different segments in our society affects their ability to participate in the emerging digital economy.

The Constitution of the United States of America is the over-arching framework for the Governmental, judicial and legislative bodies of the United States of America. Of special importance to the Information Society is the 1st Amendment (1791) which supports the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom to assemble and make petitions.