OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008
This edition analyses the impact of high-speed broadband on the economy, and areas of future impacts. The dynamic growth of digital-content-based creative industries is outlined, covering user-created content; online computer and video games; film, video and music; and online advertising. Recent trends in OECD ICT policies are analysed to assess whether they are rising to these new challenges. Highly prioritised policy areas include investing in ICT R&D and innovation, improving government online activities, spreading broadband, increasing the use of ICTs, raising ICT skills and employment, and supporting digital content development.
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Methodology and Definitions
This annex describes the definitions and classifications adopted in Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of this edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook. These definitions and classifications, and the data collected on the basis of them, draw wherever possible on work by the OECD Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS) which seeks to improve the international comparability and collection of statistics and data on the information economy and information society.
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