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Predictors of Internet Use
Zizi Papacharissi,Alan M. Rubin +1 more
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This article examined audience uses of the Internet from a uses-and-gratifications perspective and found that contextual age, unwillingness to communicate, social presence, and Internet motives predict outcomes of Internet exposure, affinity and satisfaction.Abstract:
We examined audience uses o f the Internet from a uses-and-gratifications perspective. We expected contextual age, unwillingness to communicate, social presence, and Internet motives to predict outcomes of Internet exposure, affinity and satisfaction. The analyses identified five motives for using the Internet and multivariate links among the antecedents and motives. The results suggested distinctions between instrumental and ritualized Internet use, as well as Internet use serving as a functional alternative to face-to-face interaction.read more
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스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet
Sherry Turkle,유식 최 +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Sherry Turkle uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
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MySpace and Facebook: applying the uses and gratifications theory to exploring friend-networking sites.
TL;DR: Evaluated friend-networking sites showed that many uses and gratifications are met by users, and both men and women of traditional college age are equally engaging in this form of online communication.
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Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being: development of a theory-based cognitive–behavioral measurement instrument
TL;DR: Results suggest that one's preference for computer-mediated social interaction, as opposed to face-to-face interaction, plays a role in the etiology, development, and outcomes of generalized PIU.
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Why people use social media: a uses and gratifications approach
Anita Whiting,David L. Williams +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored and discussed the uses and gratifications that consumers receive from using social media and provided a better and more comprehensive understanding of why consumers use social media, including social interaction, information seeking, pass time, entertainment, relaxation, communicatory utility, convenience utility, expression of opinion, information sharing and surveillance/knowledge about others.
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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Advertising: An Empirical Study
TL;DR: Consumer attitudes toward mobile advertising and the relationship between attitude and behavior are investigated and it is not a good idea to send SMS advertisements to potential customers without prior permission.
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Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
TL;DR: Simians, Cyborgs and Women as mentioned in this paper is a collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989 by Haraway that analyzes accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs.
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스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet
Sherry Turkle,유식 최 +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Sherry Turkle uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
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Computer-Mediated Communication Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the history of computer mediated communication and found that impersonal communication is sometimes advantageous, and strategies for the intentional depersonalization of media use are inferred, with implications for Group Decision Support Systems effects.
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Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being?
Robert E. Kraut,Michael Patterson,Vicki Lundmark,Sara Kiesler,Tridas Mukophadhyay,William L. Scherlis +5 more
TL;DR: Greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants' communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.