Michael Best

Dr. Michael L. Best is assistant professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology where he is a researcher with their Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center. He is also a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Professor Best is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Information Technologies and International Development. He is a frequent consultant to the World Bank, ITU, and USAID. He holds a PhD from MIT and has served as Director of Media Lab Asia in India and head of the eDevelopment group at the MIT Media Lab.

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Preliminary results from the Collaborative Knowledge-Sharing Study: Busy Internet, Ghana

February 28, 2010

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Preliminary results from the Collaborative Knowledge-Sharing Study: Busy Internet, Ghana

The Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Study investigates the way that people share knowledge, experience, and technologies among friends and strangers while physically co-present in cybercafés. Preliminary results show that 37% of respondents reported some deeper forms of computer sharing and collaboration with friends, family members, business associates, and even strangers. And a third of those people reported gaining knowledge and learning from the other user as their primary reason for sharing.

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