Factors affecting Internet use in a saturated-access population

Busselle, Rick W.; Reagan, Joey; Pinkleton, Bruce E.; Jackson, Kim

doi:10.1016/s0736-5853(99)00018-0

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“…As Internet use is a personal activity and under the control of users (Althaus & Tewksbury, 2000), it may lead to the decline of family functioning -the family activities among family members. Although Busselle et al (1999) did not find any relationship between communication with other people and Internet use, we still assume that people will use the Internet less when they spend more time on other activities with their family members. As little work has been done before to find out the relationship between family functioning and Internet use, we will try to explore it in this study by positing the following hypothesis:…”

Section: Media Usementioning

confidence: 60%

“…Lin (2001) found that among four media use attributes, newspaper reading level is a significant inverse predictor for the communication-oriented online service, while magazine reading level is a positive predictor for the marketing-oriented online service. However, Busselle et al (1999) found that no medium was significantly related to use in their Internet use study. In their study of the use of home computing, Dutton et al (1987) found that there was a negative relationship between computer use and watching television, exercising and other outdoor activities.…”

Section: Media Usementioning

confidence: 94%

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Internet Adoption in Macao:

Cheong

2006

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

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Based on the data from a telephone survey of 868 Macao residents conducted in Macao with 330 Internet users and 538 non-users, this paper examines the characteristics of the users and non-users in terms of their demographics, assessments on media credibility, family functioning, media use, and perceived values of the Internet. Drawing from the literature of diffusion, expectancy-value and media substitution theories, it investigates the relations between Internet use and its potential predictors. The results confirmed the conclusions of previous adoption studies that Internet users were more likely to be male, younger, better educated and with higher monthly household income than non-users. The study also found that demographic variables such as education, sex and income, as well as doing exercise were the significant predictors of Internet use. However, no traditional mass media use variables and perceived values of the Internet were found to be significant predictors.

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Section: Media Usementioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Media Usementioning

confidence: 94%

Internet Adoption in Macao:

Cheong

2006

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

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“…Age also plays an important role in usage; the younger the faculty members are, the more they use electronic sources (Bar-Ilan et al, 2003). It LR 55,2 has also been reported that men are heavier users of the Internet and they make most use of the more complicated services (Busselle et al, 1999;Teo, 2001;Cheong, 2002). Bar-Ilan et al (2003) also found that gender and academic rank have only a minor influence on the usage of e-sources and the Internet.…”

Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 97%

Factors that influence the use of library resources by faculty members

2006

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Purpose -To examine the use of library resources, focusing on e-sources, by the members of the faculty of a higher educational institute in Thessaloniki, Greece; to reveal the factors which influence the effective use of sources for academic duties; and to provide reliable information to both the administration and the library of the institute, with the aim of the improvement of library services. Design/methodology/approach -A census survey, using a structured questionnaire, among the faculty of the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki was conducted to examine the frequency of use of resources, mainly e-sources, and to reveal the impact of demographic or academic situational characteristics, the assumed positive influence of academic productivity, perceived usefulness of resources and access to e-sources on the use of e-sources as well as the assumed negative influence of barriers and computer anxiety on the use of e-sources. Findings -The great majority of the faculty of TEI uses printed sources more than e-sources, but they also use e-sources quite frequently. Use is mostly of books, websites and printed journals. It was also found that the use of e-sources is higher in the School of Business Administration and Economics among those who hold a PhD degree and among younger members of the faculty. Also, the results indicated that the use of e-sources is positively influenced by the respondents' perceived usefulness of resources, the convenience of access to the sources and their academic productivity. The examination of the computer anxiety rating scale (CARS) provided evidence that the less anxious the faculty feel about PCs, the more frequent users they become. Research limitations/implications -Further research is needed to measure how faculty interact with information, what kind of electronic sources they prefer, what search strategies they use, as well as whether their information needs are satisfied. This research needs to be duplicated to other universities in Greece to determine whether the results can be generalized for Greek academic faculty. Practical implications -University administrations need to improve library facilities, to include more workstations for access to electronic sources, as well as to improve the marketing and communication of these e-sources. Originality/value -This research tries to fill a gap in the literature, which has underemphasized so far the need for assessing and measuring the use of library resources in Greek academic libraries and the examination of the factors that influence this use.

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“…20,64,106,107 The assumed relationship with a person ' s innovativeness is certainly not always confi rmed, and dependent on the innovation being the subject of research, it is, often quite, different determinants that are the signifi cant determinants of the adoption decision. Hence, also for these attitudinal determinants, one cannot afford anymore to start from generalising assumptions and profi les.…”

Section: Comprising Model Of Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%