As of 2015, the vast majority of Americans use the Internet, and even among older Americans, habits such declining to use email are becoming increasingly rare, and the same holds true for much of the developed world.
However, most people in the world lack access to the Internet, and many societies around the globe are still transitioning from using the Internet at times to using it as an all-pervading force to do business. Between 2013 and 2014, the number of Internet users worldwide jumped by 300 million, from 2.7 billion to 3 billion, and it’s cultural influence has not gone unnoticed.
A Pew survey of people from 32 countries in the developing world in 2014 found that most people saw the Internet as a positive force for education, personal communication, and the economy, but were more ambivalent about its effects on politics, and downright pessimistic about its influence on public morals.
