Sources

I am very critical when it comes to finding information online, and it was therefore very important for me to find sources I could feel comfortable trusting. Initially I wanted to compare internet usage with suicide rates globally, however as I didn't find a good source for the latter I decided to change that aspect of my project. I have two data sources that I have used, joined, and merged - about internet usage and happiness. 

 For the numbers on internet usage I decided to go the numbers I got off The Telecommunication Development Sector, which I was directed to on Wikipedia’s page about global internet usage (got the link from the references of said article). This is another organization that cultivates credibility, as they are the leading organization working on collecting data concerning internet usage. They are a specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies. 

 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx)

 Coming from a Norway I was reminded about a global survey that the national news even feel comfortable using; the global happiness index. World Happiness Report’s annual data collection about happiness is not only credible, but thorough. When I still had my mind on comparing suicide rates I had hard time finding good data, and the datasets I found provided poor data from several countries (it's important to note that although suicide generally very taboo, it is beyond taboo in certain places of the world - due to cultural differences I knew I wouldn't get accurate numbers as some suicides might be registered as 'accidental deaths'). 

(https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/#read)

Mia Moen

Berkeley College '21