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DiNicola, Michael D. "Pathological Internet use among college students the prevalance of pathological Internet use and its correlates /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1088177898.
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DiNicola, Michael D. "Pathological Internet Use among College Students: The Prevalence of Pathological Internet Use and its Correlates." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1088177898.
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Kardefelt, Winther Daniel. "Excessive internet use : fascination or compulsion?" Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1062/.
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Excessive internet use and its problematic outcomes is a growing focus of research, receiving attention from academics, journalists, health workers, policymakers and the public. However, surprisingly little has yet been accomplished in terms of understanding the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. I argue that this is due to the framing of excessive internet use as an addiction, which leads researchers to neglect people’s reasons and motivations for excessive internet use. The perspective taken in this thesis is that excessive internet use may help people to cope with difficult life situations. This explains why people keep using the internet excessively despite problematic outcomes: the overall experience is positive because worse problems are alleviated. Based on the relationship between a person’s well-being, which is the focal point of literature on excessive internet use, and the motivations for media use grounded in uses and gratifications research, this thesis proposes a combined framework to examine if excessive internet use may be explained as a coping strategy taken to excess. This question was asked in relation to three online activities: World of Warcraft; Facebook; and online poker. Each group was surveyed about their psychosocial well-being, motivations for internet use, and any problematic outcomes. Findings showed that interactions between motivations for use and psychosocial well-being were important explanatory factors for problematic outcomes. Respondents with low self-esteem or high stress experienced more problematic outcomes when gaming or gambling to escape negative feelings, while escapist use was less problematic for players with high self-esteem or low stress. This has implications for how society needs to respond to cases of excessive internet use, since such behaviour can be both helpful and harmful. Future studies may usefully move beyond theories of addiction and consider excessive internet use as a coping behaviour that has both positive and negative outcomes.
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Bučiūtė, Raminta. "Whether the use of tracking cookies without the user consent interferes with their privacy?" Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140619_163335-14265.
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Nowadays most of the information is gathered through the internet, where a vast amount of data is being exchanged every second. However, most of the cyberspace users are not fully aware of the technological side of the Internet. One of the tools used on the Internet to ensure instant and informative service to users, are cookies, a small piece of collected data about user’s preferences. Data collected and combined from different cookies creates a serious danger to users’ privacy. The fact that users are not always aware of their data being collected even sharpens the problem of privacy protection on the Internet.
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the consent requirement for the use of tracking cookies in legal framework of European Union, United States of America and Lithuania and to find out if the use of tracking cookies without user consent interferes with users’ right to privacy.
In order to achieve the aim of this work, descriptive-interpretive research approach was used in the first part of thesis to analyse various concepts of privacy, defined in different scientific literature, as well as different types of cookies and their purpose. In the second part of thesis, normative-comparative approach was used to analyse various legal systems, their essential laws and principles, theoretical backgrounds and their requirements for the valid user consent intended for the use of cookies.
The principal conclusion was that use of tracking cookies without unambiguous... [to full text]Šiuolaikinėje globalioje žinių visuomenėje, teisė ne visuomet yra pajėgi sureguliuoti pagrindinės valiutos – informacijos, apsaugą. Internetas ir kompiuterinės technologijos suteikia galimybę greitai, pigiai ir nenutrūkstamai keistis dideliais kiekiais informacijos, kaupti ją duomenų bazėse ir apdoroti. Internetu kasdien naudojasi net 40,7% visos pasaulio populiacijos, tai priemonė be kurios daugelis neįsivaizduoja kasdienio savo darbo ir laisvalaikio. Tačiau didžioji interneto vartotojų dalis neturi žinių apie techninę interneto pusę ir grėsmes, kurios gali kilti jiems, jų teisei į privatumą ir duomenų apsaugai internete. Tarptautinė bendruomenė išreiškė susirūpinimą interneto vartotojų privatumo apsauga, Jungtinių Tautų Generalinė Asamblėja priėmė rezoliuciją 68/167 „Teisė į privatumą skaitmeniniame amžiuje“. Šia rezoliucija Jungtinės Tautos ragina valstybes atkreipti dėmesį į pavojus privatumui esančius interntete ir derinti savo įstatymus siekiant suteikti žmogaus teisių ir laisvių aapsaugą interneto vartotojams. Slapukai (angl.-cookies) yra viena iš priemonių, kurią paieškos sistemos, socialiniai tinklai ir kiti interneto aktoriai nuolatos naudoja siekdami suteikti nenutrūkstamas ir kokybiškas paslaugas interneto vartotojams. Dažniausiai slapukai yra naudojami atsiminti vartotojų pirkinių užsakymus, kalbos pasirinkimą, slaptažodžius ir aplankytus puslapius. Vadinamieji sesijos slapukai( angl. -session cookies) yra automatiškai ištrinami iš galinio vartotojo įrenginio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Edström, Tobias, and Christian Rosberg. "Adopting Mobile Internet? Findings from a Study on Mobile Internet Services Using a User Centred Perspective." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik och datavetenskap, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3308.
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In this master thesis we investigate Mobile Internet with the help of a user perspective and discuss the problems of Mobile Internet today. As the Internet revolution evolves into the Mobile Internet revolution the need for usable and desirable wireless services is increasing. Designing web based services for mobile devices and mobile users is significantly different than designing web based services for desktop use. Not only are there differences in the underlying technology but also, and perhaps most important, in the way people use the services. Our main purpose in this thesis is to investigate the occurrence of Mobile Internet from a user’s perspective, to present a definition of Mobile Internet and provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. The main objective is to present a theoretical framework regarding Mobile Internet usage and to investigate which user related factors to consider when developing services adapted for mobile use.Webpage available at http://www.student.bth.se/~tecr.
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Hu, Mu. "Social use of the internet and loneliness." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186168233.
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Simoes, Anna-Lisa. "Internet Use and Academic Performance of Youth." UOIT, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10155/58.
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Modayil, Mary Varughese. "Internet use, social and psychological well-being." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ60471.pdf.
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Tassabehji, Rana. "Secure use of the Internet by business." Thesis, University of Salford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366312.
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ROQUETE, VITORIA DE ANDRADE. "INTERNET USE PROFILE OF BRAZILIAN MEDICAL DOCTORS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2001. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=2621@1.
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Para a indústria farmacêutica, novas práticas de marketing
via internet têm implicações muito relevantes, pois
permitem não apenas criar vínculos diretos com seus
consumidores finais(antes quase inexistentes), mas também,
criar novas formas de interação com a classe médica,
antes restritas basicamente às visitas de seus
representantes de vendas aos consultórios e a eventos
promocionais (e.g. divulgação de produtos via congressos,
seminários e publicações especializadas).
Esta dissertação pretende avaliar o padrão de utilização da
internet por um grupo de médicos brasileiros, bem como suas
reais necessidades no que diz respeito aos serviços
disponíveis através da internet. Esta avaliação de seus
usos e demandas é realizada de modo a pensar suas
possíveis implicações sobre o marketing de relacionamento
praticado pela indústria farmacêutica e demais provedores
de serviços (baseados na internet) direcionados para a
classe médica.For the pharmaceutical industry, the new marketing practice via internet has much relevant implications since it allows the establishment of direct bonds not only with their final customers (almost non existent before, in the Brazilian marketplace), but also with the medical community, which has been historically approached through restricted ways such as sales representatives and promotional events, such as congresses, seminars and specialized publishing on medical research. This dissertation evaluates the standards of internet use by a group of doctors, as well as their needs with respect to internet services. This evaluation of habits and demands allows us to think about some possible implications to the relationship marketing practiced by pharmaceutical industry and others internet based service providers whose main focus is thr medical community.
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Robbins, Janice Irene. "Making Connections:Adolescent Girls' Use of the Internet." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26927.
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Women remain underrepresented in computer technology careers and university majors, and adolescent girls shy away from high school computer science courses. More information is needed about females who are attracted to computer technology. This study describes the online activities of young adolescent girls ages 12-14 who are high-end users of computer technology. Three developmental tasks of adolescence (search for identity, pursuit of social connections, and desire for a sense of competence and accomplishment) were used to frame explorations of the girls' online activities. Eight girls were interviewed, the personal web sites of six girls were analyzed, and postings on a message board for young girls interested in online activities were reviewed. Patterns and themes that emerged from the data indicated that Internet technology was an effective match for the informants' developmental tasks. Specific inferences included: (1)Online technologies offered the informants multiple ways of negotiating social relationships; (2) Internet use supported the informants' engagement in personalized, self-directed, and self-initiated learning; (3) Support from parents, siblings, and peers provided the environment for each girl to develop confidence and competence in Internet use; and(4) The informants' use of the internet reflected women's ways of knowing.Ph. D.
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Quarnberg, Tisah M. "Community Satisfaction, Community Attachment, Community Experience, Internet Use and Internet Access in Rural Utah Communities." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2790.
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This study examines the impact of the Internet on rural community satisfaction, attachment and overall experience. With the geographic dispersion of social networks, the majority of the population has a greater need for long-distance social networking. The Internet has the potential to mitigate distance and connect social networks much faster than letter writing or face-to-face visits. While the Internet is available, to at least some extent, in rural communities in Utah, does it positively affect overall perceptions of community life? This study finds that this is not the case. There is a negative relationship between Internet use and community satisfaction and overall community experience. However, this study also finds that the type of Internet access available within the home has a positive effect on community attachment and overall community experience. The Internet is thus an important element of rural community life and should not be overlooked.
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Larson, Karen. "The Internet and political participation the effect of Internet use on voter turnout /." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2007. http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/4129.
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Löbler, Helge, and Petra Buchholz. "Projekt "Was wollen Internet-Nutzer wirklich?"." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-218680.
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Das Internet ist in aller Munde. Als neues Medium bietet es vielfältige
Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation und der Informationsbeschaffung.
Doch wird wirklich das geboten, was die Nutzer wollen? Wollen private Internet-Nutzer nur Unterhaltung, aber nichts kaufen? Wozu nutzen Geschäftsleute das Internet? Wie weit ist die Kundenorientierung von Internet-Dienstleistungen fortgeschritten? Wie soll die ideale Homepage gestaltet sein? Im Mittelpunkt dieses Projekts stehen damit - im Gegensatz zu vorliegenden Untersuchungen - die Anwendungswünsche privater und geschäftlicher Nutzer.
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Butler, Zoe Ann. "Parents' perceptions of their adolescent children's internet use." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/4575.
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Parents’ perceptions of their adolescent children’s Internet use significantly influences the parental mediation strategies they choose to use with their children. The motivation for this explorative research study was to understand the impact of psychological and social influences on users of the Internet in South Africa. Both locally and internationally, there is a focus on the use of digital Internet devices to facilitate education. Access of South Africans to the Internet, whether for social or educational use does not exist in a vacuum, exempt from the bidirectional forces of the individual and the environment they use the Internet in, whether it is family or academic. This study firstly focusses on how parents perceive their adolescent children’s Internet use, and secondly, how they parent their children’s use of the Internet. The common topics and themes that emerged from this study allow for the development and provision of professional services that individuals, couples, families, and groups require for the use of, or exposure to the Internet. This study uses an explorative-descriptive qualitative research design with an interpretive paradigm and snowball sampling. The qualitative research design focussed on the concepts of self-reflexivity, context, and thick description while utilizing multivocality of 1) international and South African research on cyber citizenship, including cyberbullying, cyber harassment, and legal consequences, with 2) psychological aspects of the psychosocial developmental challenges of adolescents from the iGeneration including the benefits, risks, and dangers of using the Internet, and 3) qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews with parents from Generation X who are raising and educating a generation of children on the other side of the Digital Divide. Tracy’s 8 ‘Big-Tent’ criteria for guiding excellence in qualitative research and Tesch’s model of content analysis was used during the content analysis process. Themes and sub-themes that emerged from the analysis of the participants’ narratives included 1) experiences: positive and negative, 2) observations: behavioural changes and gender differences, 3) parenting methods: parental interaction, rules, and limits, 4) concerns: risks, and 5) opinions: personal views. This research study provides a thick description of South African and international literature and combines the literature with the voices of the participants and the researcher to produce discussions based on the findings of this qualitative study. Conclusions, recommendations, and limitations of this study informed future research on cyber citizenship by providing a detailed understanding of the context of South African parents and children, the psychosocial developmental challenges of adolescents and, how educational programmes can be best created to effectively impact on the generations of parents, teachers and children in South Africa.
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McLeod, Donald C. "A survey of training development officer Internet use." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0012/MQ32940.pdf.
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Ofosu, Helen B. "Heavy Internet use, a proxy for social interaction." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0013/NQ52436.pdf.
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Eklund, Lina, and Bergmark Karin Helmersson. "Parental mediation of digital gaming and internet use." Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-90033.
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In this study the focus is set on parental rules for digital gaming and Internet use. First a review of the field is presented followed by analyses of adolescents’ media use and parental strategies for regulation. Data was derived from a Swedish survey of parents—Predominantly mothers—of adolescents aged 9-16 complemented with data from a separate survey of adolescents aged 9-16. Analyses are presented using gamma coefficients for bivariate correlations and linear regression models for multivariate analyses. We conclude that parents in this study are involved in their adolescents’ gaming and Internet by restricting access to these media. Boys and young adolescents are controlled more than girls and older adolescents. Mothers made use of restrictive mediation more than fathers. Parents harbour quite negative views on gaming which might interfere with a more active role of parents in mediating their children’s gaming
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Kalckreuth, Sophie, Friederike Trefflich, and Christine Rummel-Kluge. "Mental health related Internet use among psychiatric patients." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-159186.
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Background: The Internet is of great importance in today’s health sector, as most Internet users utilize online functions for health related purposes. Concerning the mental health care sector, little data exist about the Internet use of psychiatric patients. It is the scope of this current study to analyze the quantity and pattern of Internet usage among mental health patients. Methods: Patients from all services of the Department of Psychiatry at a university hospital were surveyed by completing a 29-item questionnaire. The data analysis included evaluation of frequencies, as well as group comparisons. Results: 337 patients participated in the survey, of whom 79.5% were Internet users. Social media was utilized by less than half of the users: social networks (47.8%), forums (19.4%), chats (18.7%), blogs (12.3%). 70.9% used the Internet for mental health related reasons. The contents accessed by the patients included: information on mental disorders (57.8%), information on medication (43.7%), search for mental health services (38.8%), platforms with other patients (19.8%) and platforms with mental health professionals (17.2%). Differences in the pattern of use between users with low, medium and high frequency of Internet use were statistically significant for all entities of social media (p < 0.01), search for mental health services (p = 0.017) and usage of platforms with mental health professionals (p = 0. 048). The analysis of differences in Internet use depending on the participants’ type of mental disorder revealed no statistically significant differences, with one exception. Regarding the Internet’s role in mental health care, the participants showed differing opinions: 36.2% believe that the Internet has or may have helped them in coping with their mental disorder, while 38.4% stated the contrary. Conclusions: Most psychiatric patients are Internet users. Mental health related Internet use is common among patients, mainly for information seeking. The use of social media is generally less frequent. It varies significantly between different user types and was shown to be associated with high frequency of Internet use. The results illustrate the importance of the Internet in mental health related contexts and may contribute to the further development of mental health related online offers.
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С, С. Нікіпорець, М. Гадайчук Н, and S. Nykyporets N. M. S. "USE OF INTERNET RESOURSES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING." Thesis, ВНТУ, 2018. http://ir.lib.vntu.edu.ua//handle/123456789/24836.
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The article deals with the issues of using internet resources in a modern high technical school.В статті розглядаються питання релевантного використання інтернет-ресурсів в процесі викладання іноземних мов в технічному виші.
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Minakova, V., А. Yatsenko, and I. Borolis. "Efficient use of the internet technology in business." Thesis, КНУТД, 2016. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/5013.
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Collins, Rachel Anne. "Internet Sales-Based Retailers: Sales and Use Compliiance." Ohio Dominican University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oduhonors1399303652.
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Meade, Julie E. "Problematic Internet Use: Relationship with Stress and Loneliness." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier151134602315772.
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Lucas, Elizabeth Johanna Maria. "Problematic internet use : the perceptions of social workers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77379.
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The internet provides entertainment, education, and communication. Any subjectively rewarding activity may, however, become addictive. Constant and obsessive internet use has become a particular source of interest amongst scholars, leading to what is termed Problematic Internet Use (PIU). The problem statement of this study could be described as the gap in research and lack of understanding regarding social workers’ knowledge and skills in addressing or potentially addressing PIU. From the available literature, no research – both locally and internationally - could be identified focusing on the perceptions of social workers on PIU.
The goal of this study was to explore and describe social workers’ perceptions regarding PIU. Interpretivism as a research paradigm underpinned the applied research project operationalised through a qualitative research approach. A case study design, i.e. instrumental case study, was employed. The study population comprised social workers in the employ of treatment centres in the Gauteng Province. Non-probability, specifically purposive sampling, was used to recruit 15 participants for the study – to the point of data saturation. The researcher used semi-structured (email- and face-to-face) interviews with an interview schedule as the method of data collection. Data was analysed according to descriptive and interpretive thematic analysis. Trustworthiness meant considering the credibility, auditability, conformability, and transferability of the study. Ethical considerations such as avoidance of harm, voluntary participation, and informed consent were observed.
Key findings were based on the research question: “What are the perceptions of social workers regarding problematic internet use?” Participants indicated that PIU may be recognised as an addiction; PIU exposure is limited; identifying criteria for PIU should encompass a holistic approach, including sub-types and risk populations; PIU has harmful consequences; social workers have the responsibility to address PIU; and social workers have a need for input and training on PIU interventions and policies both in academia and practice.
Recommendations for the social work profession concerning PIU include practical guidelines for social work education and practice, also the role and responsibilities of treatment centres. Recommendations for future research emphasise the need for South-African based research, holistic interpretation of PIU, and social workers responsibility and aptitude towards addressing it.
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Anderson, Linda Maria. "MySpace use as a potentially dysfunctional internet behavior." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2008. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.
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Salmeen, Enas. "Internet use by Kuwaiti students in U.S. colleges." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2346.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 26 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26).
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Allen, Melissa Marie. "INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL ISOLATION: EXPLORING THE VARIABLES." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/387.
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Internet use is a growing trend in today’s society, and there are many variables surrounding use that can potentially affect individuals’ psychological well-being. The purpose of this study is to discover if the motivation for Internet use has a direct effect on individuals experiencing social isolation. An Explanatory Design was utilized for this study, and participants were comprised of 47 adult males and females. Quantitative data was collected for this study through use of online surveys, such as Internet use (observed motivation and frequency) survey, JongGierveld Loneliness Scale (explored emotional and social loneliness) and The Big 5 Personality Inventory (viewed personality traits). A significant finding of this study was that there was a positive relationship between individuals who are highly agreeable and the frequency of their Internet use. This study was unable to produce conclusive data on how motivation for Internet use influences episodes of social isolation. The results of this study do demonstrate the wide use of the Internet by adults, and reinforce the importance of incorporating this use in assessment and treatment of clients. Information obtained from this study also has potential to stimulate means of advocacy for protective Internet policies and formation of educational programs designed to highlight best practices for Internet use.
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Burrell, Jennifer. "Producing the internet and development : an ethnography of internet café use in Accra, Ghana." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/636/.
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The United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), that took place between 2003 and 2005, elevated the 'information society' to the level of 'gender equality' 'environmental sustainability' and 'human rights' as one of the central Development tropes of our time. The concept of the network has come to figure heavily in the political discourse of both developed and developing nations and transnational agencies. These organizations employ statistics, academic theories, popular wisdom, and utopian visions shaped by Western experiences to extrapolate an expected impact of new technologies on the developing world. However, to date there has been very little on-the-ground research on the diffusion and appropriation of these technologies as it is taking place in developing nations and how this might challenge and reorient the expectations of traditional Development perspectives. This thesis seeks to provide such a response drawing on the experiences of Internet café users in Accra, the capital city of Ghana where an estimated 500 to 1000 of these small businesses were in operation. Departing from the categories and hierarchies favoured within Development circles, my approach is to look holistically at the way the Internet was produced as a meaningful and useful tool through the practices of users. The practices that defined the Internet in Accra encompassed not only individual activities at the computer interface, but also other formal and informal, collective and everyday rituals such as story-telling, religious practices, and play and socializing among youth. A similar production process was observable in the activities of the Development experts and government officials who arrived in Accra in February 2005 to discuss the role of networking technologies in socio-economic development at the WSIS Africa regional conference. The activities of both groups reconstituted the Internet, Development and the relationship between the two, but along very divergent pathways.
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Smith, Clinton R. "Online contentious politics : Internet use in the dynamics of political change in Singapore /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1404353501&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 382-403). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Molinos, Martin. "The relationship between video game use, Internet use, addiction, and subjective well-being." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10150586.
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This quantitative study investigates the relationship between video game usage, video game addiction, compulsive Internet use, and subjective well-being. The key variables were measured using three different scales: The Game Addiction Scale; the Compulsive Internet Use Scale; and the Flourishing scale. 121 participants over the age of 18 partook in the study. The empirical results demonstrate a statistically significant, negative correlation between addictive video game usage and well-being. Video game addiction and compulsive Internet use were both found to be negatively correlated with subjective well-being.
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Zhou, Yuqiong. "The interplay between Chinese journalists and the internet : diffusion, use, and effects of the internet /." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/thesis.pl?phd-en-b1988753xa.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2005."Submitted to Department of English and Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-284)
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Aldossari, Mobark. "Three Essays on Internet of Things Adoption and Use." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505259/.
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Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising technology with great potential for individuals, society, governments, and the economy. IoT is expected to become ubiquitous and influence every aspect of everyday experience. Thus, IoT represents an important phenomena for both organizational and behavioral information system (IS) researchers. This dissertation seeks to contribute to IS research by studying the aspects that influence IoT adoption and use at both consumer and organizational levels. This dissertation achieves this purpose in a series of three essays. The first essay focuses on IoT acceptance in the context of smart home. The second essay focuses on examining the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on consumers' IoT perceptions and intentions. Finally, the third essay focuses on the organizational investment and adoption of IoT technologies.
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Hu, Shuangzeng. "The Use of the Internet in Distributing Packaged Software." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/923.
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To reflect common practice in the software industry and extend transaction cost theory, this research developed building on previous research and empirically tested a model based on to identify conditions in which software vendors are likely to sell and distribute their packaged products directly to end-users through the Internet. How software firms distribute their products over the Internet is an important issue because software is a digital product, and the potential for the Internet to transform the distribution channel is considerable. Extant literature shows that Canadian software firms frequently choose direct instead of market channels. However, none of the existing studies focuses specifically on packaged software, or on the Internet as a distribution channel. Further, recent research on what products are suitable for distribution through the Internet does not address the case of packaged software. - Knowledge-based asset specificity, human asset specificity, and physical asset specificity are positively associated with the likelihood of using the Internet to distribute packaged software (H1, H2, and H3).
- The likelihood of using the Internet in delivering products has a positive relationship with the volatility of packaged software, its clients, and markets (H4); whereas this likelihood has a negative relationship with diversity (H5).
- Channel growth is positively associated with the online distribution of packaged software (H6); Channel volume is negatively associated with the likelihood that packaged software developers use the Internet to deliver products (H7).
- The rate of growth in gross sales has a positive relationship with the likelihood of online distribution by packaged software firms (H8); while the gross sales of a firm negatively are associated with this likelihood (H9).
- The use of the Internet in the distribution of packaged software is positively associated with the United States market and negatively associated with other national markets (H10).
The results of this study have implications both for theory and managerial practice. This research contributes to the literature a test of the ability of transaction cost analysis to explain the use of the Internet in distributing software. It also provides managers with reliable insights into some of the circumstances where packaged software developers may use the Internet to deliver their products. However, further research is required to verify the generalizability of the findings of this study.
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Carlquist, Johan. "Evaluating the use of ICN for Internet of things." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-343368.
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The market of IOT devices continues to grow at a rapid speed as well as constrained wireless sensor networks. Today, the main network paradigm is host centric where a users have to specify which host they want to receive their data from. Information-centric networking is a new paradigm for the future internet, which is based on named data instead of named hosts. With ICN, a user needs to send a request for a perticular data in order to retrieve it. When sent, any participant in the network, router or server, containing the data will respond to the request. In order to achieve low latency between data creation and its consumption, as well as being able to follow data which is sequentially produced at a fixed rate, an algortihm was developed. This algortihm calculates and determines when to send the next interest message towards the sensor. It uses a ‘one time subscription’ approach to send its interest message in advance of the creation of the data, thereby enabling a low latency from data creation to consumption. The result of this algorithm shows that a consumer can retrieve the data with minimum latency from its creation by the sensor over an extended period of time, without using a publish/subscribe system such as MQTT or similar which pushes their data towards their consumers. The performance evaluation carried out which analysed the Content Centric Network application on the sensor shows that the application has little impact on the overall round trip time in the network. Based on the results, this thesis concluded that the ICN paradigm, together with a ’one-time subscription’ model, can be a suitable option for communication within the IoT domain where consumers ask for sequentially produced data.
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Baltzer, Elaine Beverly. "Coping on the Internet, how widowers use modern technology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0001/MQ45361.pdf.
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Cebulko, Susan. "The experiences of women whose husbands use internet pornography." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2005. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/cebulko_2005.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, .A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Nilsson, Daniel. "Transactions in cyberspace : the continued use of Internet banking /." Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI), 2007. http://www2.hhs.se/efi/summary/739.htm.
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Macdougald, Joseph J. "Internet Use and Economic Development: Evidence and Policy Implications." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3225.
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This dissertation explores how Internet use impacts four different measures of economic development using several econometric techniques on multi-country panel data. The economic development outcomes investigated are: per capita GDP, per capita export revenues, per capita market capitalization, and societal well-being as measured by the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). Data from the World Bank, the International Telecommunication Union, and the United Nations -covering 202 countries over the period 1996 to 2007- are combined to allow for empirical investigation using dynamic panel data and finite mixture model estimation techniques on the total sample and subsamples stratified by country income level. The results suggest that countries benefit differently from increasing Internet use and the magnitude of the effect depends on the income level of the country. In low income countries, additional Internet use has a significant positive effect on per capita GDP and overall welfare, as measured by the HDI. Increasing Internet use has a significant positive effect on all four measures of economic development in countries that have achieved middle income status. Since Internet use affects economic development outcomes differently depending on the income level of the country, the policy recommendations must also vary according to the country's income level.
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Tan, Jiacheng. "The use of virtual environments in internet-based teleoperation." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393500.
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Runevad, Mattias, and Sandra Olofsson. "ICT Adoption Among Tanzanian SMEs : Barriers Hindering Internet Use." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26234.
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Problem Tanzanian SMEs are experiencing rapid development and the emergence of ICT innovations related to business applications. However, the development is hindered by a number of barriers related to infrastructural, human capital and institutional issues. To raise economic growth, these barriers must be understood, what implications that follows in taking the next step up the adoption ladder and how to overcome them. Purpose To identify and explore how the barriers of ICT at different levels of the adoption ladder are to be overcome and what implications it has for SMEs in Tanzania. Research design/methodology A mixed method approach was conducted with a survey where 96 SMEs responded that asked questions regarding ICT use and its barriers. A qualitative study on site in Tanzania was also conducted involving eight different companies and organizations within the tourism sector. The data from both sources was then combined and analyzed to get a view of the current situation and reach a conclusion. Conclusions The major barriers identified were; bad/slow Internet connection, high cost of Internet access, high cost of equipment, lack of power supply, poor IT skills and difficulties getting bank loans. Regarding adoption levels, for every step upwards in the adoption ladder the barriers of ICT are raised. This dynamic view of barriers within this context were, for example, that continuous power supply at lower levels in the adoption ladder does not affect the use or perceived usefulness among SMEs in Tanzania. The combined theory and analysis of the empirical data was used to develop an analytical model that illustrates the rising barriers at every step in the adoption ladder. The empirical data and this dynamic perspective on barriers that the analytical model gives serves as the main contributions of this study. Practical implications The view on barriers in Tanzania is not static and the understanding of the barriers and how they impact SMEs will from this study help the government, NGOs and other organizations in Tanzania, in how to address the barriers of ICT that is currently impeding growth and economic development for SMEs. Research limitations/implications For these results to be generalized a bigger sample needs to be gathered and address more SMEs outside the tourism industry.
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Mazanderani, Fadhila. "Information as care : reconnecting internet use, HIV and health." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e9959b49-ca0c-48ba-9916-03a32d1455c4.
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Internet technologies are increasingly advocated as a means for transforming health care and improving people’s health. In the field of e-health questions on the health implications of internet use are typically approached through attempts at measuring the effect of internet use on health outcomes. In this, information is usually conceptualised as a form of knowledge/power and online information practices are enrolled in discourses on patient empowerment. Taking the different meanings ascribed to information in these approaches as my point of departure, in this thesis I rethink the implications of internet use on health through an empirical exploration of alternative conceptualisations of the relationship between information and health in the context of contemporary HIV treatment and care. I do this through two analytical moves. First, drawing on the concept of performativity, a concern with what effect internet use has on health is turned into one of how internet use enacts health. Second, rather than treating information as knowledge/power, through an analysis of how a specific group of women ‘living with HIV’ in the UK use the internet, I reconfigure the connections between internet use and health through a conceptualisation of information as care. Drawing on a range of empirical materials – including forty-seven in-depth interviews with patients and internet content providers, non-participant observations, document and website analysis – three areas of health-related internet use are analysed in detail: the seeking out of health-related and specifically biomedical information; the seeking out and sharing of experiential knowledge and narratives about living with HIV; meeting prospective partners and dating. However, rather than studying these areas of internet use in order to interrogate what they can tell us about the internet, I analyse them as part of the ethical regime of ‘living with HIV’, in which the virus, previously thought of as ‘terminal’, becomes, through info and bio technologies, normalised as ‘chronic’. From this perspective, enacting health not only entails working on and with one’s body, but also always invokes its distribution across bodies, to other areas and relations, including internet technologies and the networks of relations established via these technologies.
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Wagner, Ryan R. "The Relationships Among Flow, Passion, and Problematic Internet Use." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1428702325.
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Vlaovich, Dylan. "Adolescents Perception of Parental Mediation and Problematic Internet use." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1588013108306429.
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Sukontapatipak, Songkwun. "International students' reliance on home-country related internet use." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2899.
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The present study draws on uses and gratifications and media system dependency perspectives for examining factors related to Internet usage behaviors of international students and their motives to use their home-country Internet resources.
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Thabethe, N. P. "Impact of Internet use on social relationships in teenagers." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1533.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (Counselling Psychology) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2017This research study aimed to determine the impact of internet use on social relationship among teenagers. The internet is the most widely utilized network tool by children, teenagers and adults. The researcher’s main focus was on teenagers and the internet. The researcher explored the different types of internet activities teenagers engaged in, the amount of time they spent on these activities, the role it plays on teenager’s academic performance and relationships with family and friends. The research study was conducted at various primary schools and high schools in urban and rural areas in Umhlathuze area, North of KwaZulu-Natal. It consisted of a sample of 132 participants who are all exposed to the internet. The research findings showed a null hypothesis between internet use and teenager’s social relationship, that is; internet use among teenagers does not have a negative effect on teenager’s social relationship. However, the alternative hypothesis was proven to be true, that is; the internet has a positive contribution to the teenager’s academics.
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Charles, Joan T. "Teacher-directed student use of the Internet for curricular activities: Profiles of frequent and infrequent use." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3095/.
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The purpose of this study was to develop profiles that described teachers with infrequent and frequent teacher-directed student use of the Internet for curricular purposes. Responses to the teachers' self-reported needs, beliefs, demographics, Internet skill levels, and other information were examined as the basis for the study. The study was descriptive in nature, utilized correlation and causal-comparative methods, and employed a convenience sample. The population consisted of 3,187 public school teachers from Nebraska and four service regions in upstate New York. Data related to the research questions were gathered using an online survey. After minimum access was determined, frequencies, percentages, t tests, and correlations were used to examine the data. Teachers with infrequent (<15 mins. /week) teacher-directed student use of the Internet comprised 63% of the sample. Teachers from elementary and high school levels were almost equally represented in the infrequent use group. The majority of the high school level teachers were assigned to language arts, mathematics or science courses. Teachers in the frequent (>. 90 mins. /week) use group were predominately (75%) high school level, with the majority teaching computer and business subjects. Significant differences were found between the use groups regarding beliefs about the Internet's effect on students and schools and feelings about designing lessons that included the Internet or technology. Within the infrequent use group, significant correlations were found between comparative Internet skill levels and (a) hours of technology-related professional development and (b) willingness to use the Internet for professional development. Further study should be given to the question of how these differences and correlations may affect the amount of teacher-directed student use of the Internet. The profiles developed in this study provide a starting point to assist regional, district, and school-level personnel in assessing local needs and focusing resources on developing strategies to increase teacher-directed student use of the Internet.
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Emelyanova, Ivanna. "Consequences of Internet (mis)use : views among university students and social workers." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21389.
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The purpose of this thesis was to explore views on consequences of Internet use among young people sampled at a Swedish university. Both quantitative and qualitative research designs were used. The quantitative data were gathered by a quantitative survey conducted among 50 university students at the University of Gävle. To broaden the picture, face-to-face interviews were conducted with two social workers (from Sweden and Russia). In order to analyze and interpret the data collected, Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model of human development and learning theory were applied. Symptoms of Internet addiction proposed by Young (1998a) were used to examine whether the data collected demonstrated presence of Internet addiction among sampled university students. The results indicated that the majority of respondents had an excessive use of Internet, however, the female participants and different aspects of their everyday life seemed to be more influenced by Internet use compared to the male respondents. Another conclusion is that the field of social work has to increase the knowledge and competence in diagnosing the symptoms of excessive Internet use. Internet related disorders are problems of increased proportion and mental health counsellors need to be prepared to meet a growing demand in the area of social work.
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MULLER, Rosângela Mattos. "Prevalência de dependência de internet e fatores associados em universitários da cidade de Pelotas, RS." Universidade Catolica de Pelotas, 2018. http://tede.ucpel.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/jspui/726.
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Introduction: The internet has many features and is fully integrated with modern society. Studies show that some individuals are losing control of time, neglecting their basic hygiene care, social interaction, causing significant losses in their relationships, academic and professional activities. Objectives: The objective of the study was to verify the prevalence of Internet addiction in undergraduate students from two public and private universities and a Federal Institute in the city of Pelotas and to investigate associated factors. Methods: A crosssectional and randomized study was performed using the following instruments: International Addiction Test, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Games Dependency Questionnaire. Results: The prevalence of internet addiction was 41.7%, being inversely proportional to age. There was a significant correlation with depression, those who presented changes in screening tests for depression had a prevalence of internet addiction 83% higher. Three out of ten university students presented daytime somnolence and 3% of the sample were classified as at risk for gambling dependence. There is a correlation between consumption of hypercaloric foods, alcohol use and sedentary lifestyle, and dependence on the internet. Conclusion: The dependence of internet on university students is a reality that needs to be approached in an interdisciplinary way, since it compromises the physical and mental health of these young people.
Introdução: A internet apresenta inúmeras funcionalidades e está totalmente integrada à sociedade moderna. Estudos evidenciam que alguns indivíduos estariam perdendo o controle do tempo, negligenciando seus cuidados básicos de higiene, convívio social, acarretando prejuízos significativos em seus relacionamentos, atividades acadêmicas e profissionais. Objetivos: O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência de dependência de internet em estudantes universitários dos cursos de graduação de duas universidades, pública e privada, e de um Instituto Federal na cidade de Pelotas e investigar fatores associados. Métodos: Foi realizado estudo transversal e randomizado, sendo utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: International Addiction Test, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Epworth sleepness scale e Game Addiction Scale. Resultados: A prevalência de dependência de internet foi de 41,7%, sendo inversamente proporcional à idade. Verificou-se uma correlação significativa com depressão, aqueles que apresentaram alterações nos testes de triagem para depressão tiveram uma prevalência de dependência de internet 83% maior. Três em cada dez universitários apresentaram sonolência diurna e 3% da amostra foram classificados como em risco para dependência de jogos. Existe uma correlação entre o consumo de alimentos hipercalóricos, uso de álcool e sedentarismo e dependência de internet. Conclusão: A dependência de internet em universitários é uma realidade que precisa ser abordada de uma maneira interdisciplinar, visto que compromete a saúde física e mental desses jovens.
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Nikolaidou, Maria. "Problematic Internet Use : is it time to be taken seriously? : physiological and behavioural markers of Problematic Internet Use with reference to established addictions." Thesis, University of Bath, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687338.
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The main aim of this thesis was to investigate a controversial type of problematic behaviour; problematic internet use, and assess whether or not its characteristics resemble traditional types of addictions such as substance dependence and pathological gambling. Problematic internet use is a construct which has created fierce debates amongst researchers. This reflects inconsistencies in the evidence associated with various factors related to it, which have left researchers arguing whether it is a real psychopathological entity and similar to substance-related and addictive disorders or not. This necessitates further research with an emphasis on identifying similarities and differences regarding problematic internet use in relation to markers that have been reliably associated with the development and maintenance of addictive behaviours. Thus, in this thesis I followed a pragmatic approach and comprehensively investigated behavioural and physiological markers of addictive behaviours in the field of problematic internet use. More specifically, emphasis was given to cognitive markers such as decision-making and the physiological function underling them, attentional bias and inhibitory control processes, as these have been implicated as playing a major role in the initiation and maintenance of addictive behaviour. The main research questions were investigated using a sample of internet users whose internet use ranged from non-problematic to problematic and was associated either with generic or specific online applications; Social Networking Sites (SNS). Overall the results of this thesis support the view that problematic internet use resembles substance-related and addictive disorders and offers important implications for its legitimacy.
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Hilts, Megan L. "Internet dependency, motivations for internet use and their effect on work productivity : the 21st century addiction /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/6920.
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