Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Journal / Book Title
24th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2018
Abstract
The objective of this research paper is to provide a methodology for measuring the financial impacts of Internet outages. The financial impacts are measured against a Nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for several states in India to project the aftermath of Internet outage episodes. In addition historical trends are analyzed to help derive predictive logic for Internet outages in order to forecast Internet shutdown incidents based on antecedent events. Results demonstrate the proposed method for determining economic loss highlights several factors and may at times be influenced by the frequency of events compared to overall size of GDP. In addition, historical trend analysis of Internet outages suggests that a predictive model to forecast future outages can help reveal underlying policies toward Internet censorship.
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
978-0-9966831-6-6
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Raveendran, Nivitha and Leberknight, Christopher, "Internet Censorship and Economic Impacts: A Case Study of Internet Outages in India" (2018). Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 351.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/compusci-facpubs/351
Published Citation
Raveendran, N, and Leberknight, C. Internet Censorship and Economic Impacts: A Case Study of Internet Outages in India. Retrieved from https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10463455. 24th AMCIS 2018 Proceedings .