last updated: 9 July 200

Toral, Janette, C.

Short Biography

Janette Toral is the site owner of DigitalFilipino.com and has published research papers focusing on the impact of information and communication technology to the lives of Filipinos. She is also dubbed as the mother of the Philippines' E-Commerce Law and founder of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society.

Field of study:
information and communications technology, Internet, e-commerce

Personal homepage:
http://www.digitalfilipino.com

Research

Philippine Internet Report - Work in Progress

The World Internet Project (WIP) - Philippines report is a comprehensive, year-to-year examination of the impact of online technology. This work is part of the WIP, which is organized and coordinated by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy. Included in the WIP are UCLA's work and partner studies in countries in Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Asia.

The report explores how the Internet influences the social, political, and economic behavior of user and non-users. As we continue this year-after-year, we will be able to compare the evolving responses of the Internet users and non-users.

Sample Size and Respondent Profile. To achieve this objective, we will survey more than 2,000 persons/households, face-to-face or by telephone interview, across the country compiling the responses of Internet users and non-users.

Each year we will contact the same persons/households to explore how online technology affects the lives of those who continue to use the Internet, those who remain non-users, and those who move from being non-users to users, and vice versa.

The result of the Philippine report will focus on these key areas and give information in numerous areas. This can be viewed at
http://www.digitalfilipino.com/article.cfm?id=77&section=9

Publications:

State of Philippine Internet Service Providers
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #7, June 2003

Filipino Internet Banker Report
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #6, April 2003

Philippine IT Manpower Report
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #5, January 2003

State of Philippine Outsourcing Industry
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #4, January 2003

Filipino Internet User Report
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #3, August 2002

Filipino Mobile Phone User Report
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #2, July 2002

Filipino Online Shopper Report
Janette Toral
DigitalFilipino StatsReport Issue #1, June 2002