Historical
Stanley D. Brunn, Stanley W. Toops, Richard Gilbreath · 2012
One criterion that can be used to discuss the degree of westernization or modernization in a city or country is the number of references to cybercafés or Internet cafés in major cities. This is not a perfect way to measure the impact of ICTs (information and communication technologies), but is a useful surrogate when more detailed and specific governmental and intergovernmental data are lacking.