Social impact of the Internet

Kraut, Robert E.; Kiesler, Sara; Mukhopadhya, Tridas; Scherlis, William L.; Patterson, Michael E.

doi:10.1145/290133.290140

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“…Internet has become an intrusive medium. Second, people M. JOSEPH SIRGY ET AL. are increasingly relying on Internet to do much of their communications with others (e.g., Cairncross, 1997;Kraut et al, 1998;Nie, 2001;Wellman, 2001;Parry, 2003;Taube, 2004). In many cases, too much reliance on the Internet to communicate with people takes away from face-to-face communications (Franzen, 2000;Nie, 2001;Wellman, 2001;Parry, 2003;Taube, 2004).…”

Section: The Internet and Social Lifementioning

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Developing a Measure of Internet Well-Being: Nomological (Predictive) Validation

2006

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Section: The Internet and Social Lifementioning

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2006

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“…The time replacement argument made by Putnam has been extended by others to the Internet. Nie and Erbring (2000), for example, argue that time spent online reduces the time available for more social activities and thus diminishes stocks of social capital (see also Kraut, Schrelis, Patterson, Kiesler, & Mukhopadhyay, 1998).…”

Section: The Media and Engagementmentioning

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“…The argument that the Web is a haven for the less trusting and those with limited social networks has also been shown to hold little weight (Jennings & Zeitner, 2003;Uslaner, 2004). Others argue that the negative effects associated with television viewing-limited face to face interaction and less time available for social interaction-apply equally to Internet use (Kraut et al, 1998;Nie & Erbring, 2000).…”

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The media's role in shaping Canadian civic and political engagement

O’Neill

2010

Policy and Society

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How does mediatised information affect attitudes and engagement in the civic/political spheres? The question is an important one, not only because of changing media forms but also because of the important role of the media in providing political information. As such, its intermediary role in shaping both political interest and political knowledge is heightened, both of which are important determinants of political engagement. This work uses the data from the 2003 General Social Survey to assess and compare variation in the effects of various media forms on civic engagement in Canada in order to provide a means of developing generalizable comparative claims regarding individual media effects. At the end, the author offers an assessment of what these findings suggest about the media's role in shaping engagement in Canada, particularly in the future.

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“…Rhetorical strategies, linguistic complexity, and word choice of the question all influence the likelihood of others responding [18]. Making a personal appeal in the question results in a better and faster response than making a non-personal appeal [7].…”

Section: Social Factors Of Peer Supportmentioning

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A socio-technical framework for supporting programmers

Yamamoto

Nakakoji

2007

Proceedings of the the 6th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the F

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Studies have shown that programmers frequently seek external information during programming, from source code and documents, as well as from other programmers because much of the information remains in the heads of programmers. Programmers therefore often ask other programmers questions to seek information in a timely fashion to carry out their work. This information seeking entails several conflicting factors. From the perspective of the information-seeking programmer, not asking questions degrades productivity. Conversely, asking questions interrupts other programmers and degrades their productivity, and may be frowned upon by peers due to the perceived social inconsideration of the information seeker. From the perspective of the recipients of the question, even though helping is costly, not helping also incurs social costs due to the deviation from social norms. To balance all these factors, this paper proposes the STeP_IN (Socio-Technical Platform for In situ Networking) framework to guide the design of systems that support information seeking during different phases of programming. The framework facilitates access to the information in the heads of other programmers while minimizing the negative impacts on the overall productivity of the team.

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Social impact of the Internet

Cited by 51 publications

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Developing a Measure of Internet Well-Being: Nomological (Predictive) Validation

Developing a Measure of Internet Well-Being: Nomological (Predictive) Validation

The media's role in shaping Canadian civic and political engagement

A socio-technical framework for supporting programmers

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