Net surfer

A Net surfer is a user of the network Internet.

The term Net surfer of form metaphorical, is built starting from Internet and of the suffix - naute (navigator), which one finds in Astronaute.

It thus nominates a person who uses a Navigateur Web to visit Web sites and, by extension, any person employing an computer application making it possible to obtain on Internet information, or interactivity with other people: Email, cat, transfer of file by ftp or Peer to peer, discussion forums on Usenet, etc

Sociological impact

The concept of Net surfer has a certain dynamic connotation compared to the use of Média S more passive, for example, the Téléspectateur.

Sociological analyzes on the types of Net surfers, and the way in which they use Internet tend to multiply. One speaks in particular, about these practices, of “culture Internet” or Cyberculture. Debates proceed on their points considered to be positive and negative for the individuals and the company.

Number and localization of the Net surfers

The number of Net surfers reached 800 million in 2003, the Asia (256 million) preceding by little the Europe (224 million) and the North America (223 million).

It is generally considered that the percentage of Net surfers compared to the population is a criterion of Economic development. There exist great disparities on this level according to the geographical areas and the categories economic and social. One speaks on this subject about Digital divide.

Personality of the year according to Time Magazine

The December 18th 2006, Time Magazine chose the Net surfers like personality of the year 2006. Since its creation in 1926, it is the eighth time that the personality of the year is not a great man but a group of people. The American magazine thus wished to pay homage to the multitude of anonymous Net surfers which took the control of information on the Web thanks to the applications Web 2.0.

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