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 measures of Internet usage, thin access, thick access and the Internet Connectedness Index (ICI), were used as criterion variables in three separate multiple regression analysis (MRA) models. The results of the study found differences in predictive validity based on the criterion variable used, with the ICI accounting for the greatest amount of variance (54%). Racial identity, in terms of internal beliefs and feelings about being African American and internalization of Afrocentric values in a political context were found to be predictive of Internet usage as measured by the ICI.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Harvey, Pejcharat Jane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Oliver, Diane Graves
• McConnell, Judith
• Flint, Pamela
• Gieda, Martin

• African American college students.
• Internet in higher education.
• digital divide
• Internet
• racial identity
• technological anxiety
• socioeconomic measures

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Harvey, Pejcharat Jane
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56780384
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4608/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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