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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Internet usage"”.
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Individual Differences in Internet Usage Motives
… devised by Eysenck & Eysenck (1985) and Internet use and usage motives was examined. A sample of 210 undergraduate students were asked to report on their motives for using the Internet and how often they engaged in a variety of Internet and web-based activities. The findings demonstrate …
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Motives Relating to Internet Usage Among Korean Adolescents
Previous studies have shown that the Internet influences adolescents' development and their lives. Adolescents' Internet usage is simultaneously affected by variables such as demographics, personal characteristics and social interaction motives. The aim of this study is to determine what motives …
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The Elderly And Internet Usage In Holly Springs, Mississippi
… and interviews of the barriers and benefits of Internet users and non-users. This project surveyed 39 participants through focus groups, in-depth interviews, and radio shows in Holly Springs, Mississippi, a predominantly African-American retirement community 30 miles southeast of Memphis, …
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The relationship between internet usage habits and student achievement
<p>The invention of the Internet has brought countless advancements in communication, research, knowledge, and entertainment. Over the course of time, and as the Internet expanded, there have been mixed opinions in regard to the Internet’s place in schools. This has brought on the need for schools …
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Adoption and non-adoption: Profiling Internet usage among tourists to New Zealand
Since the explosion of the internet as a business medium, one of its primary uses has been marketing. The advantages of using the internet for business-to-consumer transactions are clear. The openness of the internet is creating opportunities for virtually all companies across various industries. …
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Amplified? : uncovering how internet usage impacts religious people's views of women.
… the socializing institutions of religion and the internet interact and impact the construction of restrictive gender roles and norms in U.S. society. Using Glick and Fiske’s (1996) framework of Ambivalent Sexism, I test four sets of hypotheses to analyze relationships of religion (religious …
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Examining a technology acceptance model of internet usage by academics within Thai business schools
… its nature has changed considerably since the Internet became prominent just over a decade ago. Many researchers have studied and proposed theories and models of technology acceptance in order to predict and explain user behaviour with technology to account for rapid change in both technologies …
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A study of the effect of computer/Internet usage on slot/video machine players' gambling behaviors
… computerized slot/video machines and high speed Internet ready hotel rooms, but also a family entertainment resort and a major convention destination. These facts raised the question of how many computer/Internet literate gamblers are in Las Vegas, and whether it would influence on their …
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AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL ANXIETY, RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT, SELF-ESTEEM, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND MOTIVATIONS FOR ONLINE GAMING AND INTERNET USAGE
… and personality traits may be related to overall Internet use, and using the Internet for communication, information seeking, entertainment and online gaming. Participants were 258 undergraduate college students (142 males, 116 females) at a Midwestern University, who identified as predominantly …
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Ergenlerde bağlanma, ana-baba aracılığı ve dürtüselliğin problemli internet kullanımı ile akademik başarıya etkisi / Effect of attachment, parental mediation, impulsivity on problematic internet usage and academic achievement
… ve bağlanma biçimlerinin ergenlerin Problemli Internet Kullanımı (PİK) üzerindeki etkisini sınamaktır. Ayrıca dürtüsellik, ana-baba aracılığı, bağlanma biçimleri ve İnternet kullanım özelliklerinin ergenlerin akademik başarılarını yordama gücü araştırılmıştır. Son olarak, demografik değişkenler …
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Internet Use Among African American College Students: Psychosocial Correlates of the Digital Divide
An exploratory study was conducted examining Internet usage among African-American college students. The study examined both psychosocial correlates, including technological anxiety and racial identity as well as socioeconomic measures, as they impacted Internet usage. Additionally, three distinct …
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Screen Time, Sleep, and Mental Health: An Investigation of Electronics Use and Sleep Habits
<p>Internet addiction (IA) is classified as a compulsive-impulsive behavior disorder involving excessive use of the internet, withdrawal, tolerance, and negative repercussions (Block, 2007). Internet usage is becoming more widespread across all industrialized people, and younger people are using …
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Digital Spaza-shops and the Digitalisation of SMMEs' in South Africa
… to examine the effect of economic factors on internet usage among the population in South Africa using annual secondary data between 1997 and 2017. The second discovered tech SMMEs in South African business incubators and their potential to digitalise other SMMEs. The last objective developed …
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The use of the internet as a bibliotherapeutic tool for parents with children with disabilities or special needs : an exploratory study
… research looking at the use of the Internet as a bibliotherapeutic tool for parents with children with disabilities and special needs. This research used a small population of parents with children with diverse disabilities and investigated their Internet usage for information, their …
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Bridging the gap: an analysis of determinants contributing to the gender digital divide in Southern African countries, using the AfroBarometer data (2018)
… to address the barriers to female's access and usage of digital resources, a digital gender gap persists. This is largely the case in Southern Africa, where females are shown to be less likely than men to use technologies. Using the 2018 AfroBarometer data for eleven Southern African countries …
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The Internet And The American Political System
… past eight years have seen a great increase in Internet usage in American culture and politics. It would seem that, in our digital age, the Internet has exercised strong effects on political behavior and even on legislators. This thesis explores the variety and intensity of these effects, …
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Perceptions of Other Internet Users in Delusional Beliefs: Development and Validation of a New Measure of Online Social Cognition
Since the inception of the internet, research has attempted to describe its effects on a wide variety of psychological constructs, such as personality and psychopathology. Although studies have found associations between internet usage and different psychological disorders, few studies have …
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Smart monitoring of cybersecurity incidents using machine learning
As cyber crime and Internet usage increase, cybersecurity solutions must evolve rapidly to keep pace. Despite significant advancements, these systems remain imperfect and are used daily by security analysts to monitor large networks, necessitating further improvements. Machine learning has gained …
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Secure use of the Internet by business
… or defined for:• The electronic data and Internet security needs of SMEs• The critical success factors for implementing and using a secureelectronic data and authentication solutionUsing a source of both primary and secondary research data, firstly, a trusted thirdparty infrastructure …
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