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Schlosser, Ann E., Sharon Shavitt, and Alaina Kanfer. "Survey of Internet users’ attitudes toward Internet advertising." Journal of Interactive Marketing 13, no. 3 (January 1999): 34–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6653(199922)13:3<34::aid-dir3>3.0.co;2-r.
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Schlosser, Ann E., Sharon Shavitt, and Alaina Kanfer. "Survey of Internet users' attitudes toward Internet advertising." Journal of Interactive Marketing 13, no. 3 (1999): 34–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6653(199922)13:3<34::aid-dir3>3.3.co;2-i.
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Soldatova, Galina U., and Timpfey A. Nestik. "INTERNET USERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE INTERNET: TECHNOPHOBES AND TECHNOPHILES." Bulletin of the Moscow State Regional University (Psychological science), no. 1 (2016): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18384/2310-7235-2016-1-54-61.
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Yang, Kenneth. "Internet Users' Attitudes Toward and Beliefs About Internet Advertising." Journal of International Consumer Marketing 15, no. 4 (June 1, 2003): 43–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j046v15n04_03.
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Pataj, Magdalena. "Postawy internautów wobec szczepionek w dobie pandemii na przykładzie wybranych memów internetowych." Media Biznes Kultura, no. 2 (11) (December 22, 2021): 217–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25442554.mbk.21.024.15165.
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The aim of this article is to discuss the attitudes exhibited by internet users to vaccines during the pandemic. It is assumed here that the activities of internet users fall within the general category of the activity of media users, while memes are a way to manifest the users’ attitude to specific issues. The article employs the active audience theory and elaborates on the phenomenon of internet memes as a key category of research. The research material comprises messages posted on Demotywatory.pl that are subject to content analysis. The material is first categorized on the basis of its connection to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the internet users’ attitudes are determined – whether they support or reject vaccinations – and the implications of particular messages are analysed. The research results make it possible to pinpoint the attitude of a given group to the issue of vaccination. Further, they show that health issues are often a starting point for a broader discussion (and critique) on the level of political communication.
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Gauttier, Stéphanie, and Claire Gauzente. "Exploring the Similarities Between Users and Non-Users of Consumer Mobile Internet Services." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 14, no. 3 (July 2018): 71–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijthi.2018070105.
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While mobile technologies have become pervasive, some consumers remain reluctant to accept, adopt and use them. Literature traditionally opposes the notions of ‘user' and ‘non-user' but recent developments show the boundary between these two concepts is very thin. The aim of this article is to review theoretical frameworks that are available for understanding such consumer attitudes and behaviours and to confront theoretical analysis with in-depth subjective investigation of a non-user, occasional user and heavy user, facing a set of different mobile media offers. The empirical analysis is conducted using Q-method. Results demonstrate similarities among users and non-users when considering their attitude towards different technologies, which opens opportunities for market consumer technologies to increase their penetration rate.
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Tillabaeva, A. A., and V. A. Shulginov. "Speech behaviour of Internet users in conflict communication." Slovo.ru: Baltic accent 11, no. 4 (2020): 45–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5922/2225-5346-2020-4-4.
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This article explores the expression of impoliteness of Internet users in confrontational threads. This approach involves the identification of speech aggression markers typical of a certain type of discourse. This makes it possible to define the roles and attitudes of participants in the conflict interaction. The authors employed methods of discourse analysis and corpus tools of data collection and marking. Seven confrontational threads in the communities of the social network "Vkontakte" were analysed. The authors identified language markers of the switch from cooperative to confrontational speech interaction. The authors investigated the typical roles of communicators in a confrontational thread, and observed the dynamics of using aggressive language tools for each of the proposed strategies. The article describes typical situations for the confrontational threads: reliability of the information presented, lack of the user's intention to check facts, and the violation of spelling and punctuation rules. Confrontations around these situations tend to lead to more complex conflicts and are characterized as motives typical of impolite communication.
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Huseynov, Farid, and Sevgi Özkan Yıldırım. "Internet users’ attitudes toward business-to-consumer online shopping." Information Development 32, no. 3 (October 17, 2014): 452–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666914554812.
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Alasgarova, N. M. "An analysis of the attitudes of internet users towards the islamic financial system." Information and Innovations 16, no. 3 (October 28, 2021): 32–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.31432/1994-2443-2021-16-3-32-44.
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In this article has been explored the attitude of Internet users toward the Islamic financial system using data from Google Trends and WorldData.AI. An attitudes towards Islamic finance, Islamic economics and Islamic banking have been compared using from Google Trends survey statistics. Also, in the WorldData. AI. source has been analyzed that the news texts on Islamic finance for the last 12 months and found that the public attitude towards Islamic finance was positive.
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Ghweeba, Mayada, Antje Lindenmeyer, Sobhi Shishi, Amani Waheed, Mostafa Kofi, and Shaymaa Amer. "The Attitudes of Egyptian Web-Based Health Information Seekers Toward Health Information Provided Through the Internet: Qualitative Study." JMIR Formative Research 6, no. 2 (February 18, 2022): e30108. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30108.
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Background The internet has become an established source of health information for many Egyptian internet users. Understanding users’ attitudes toward the benefits and limitations of web-based health information will explain the influence of this information on users’ health-related behavior and decisions. Objective This qualitative study aims to understand the attitude of Egyptian internet users toward internet health information and to explore the impact of obtained health information on users’ behavior and on their physician-patient relationship. Methods For this qualitative study, semistructured interviews were conducted with a total of 49 participants (41/49, 84% Egyptian internet users and 8/49, 16% physicians) who participated in focus groups or individual interviews. We used a thematic analysis approach to explain and demonstrate participants’ views, thoughts, and experiences in using web-based health information. Results The internet has become an important source of health information in comparison with other health information sources and is the central theme that has emerged across the thematic analysis. The attitude toward the use of internet health was classified into three main themes: feeling toward web-based health information (with subthemes: favoring, disliking, neutral, or having ambivalence feelings), motivators to seek internet health information, and behavioral changes using internet health information (subthemes: confidence, satisfaction, and improved knowledge). Themes that emerged from physicians’ interviews included the accessibility of the internet health information, good communication, and coordination of care between patients and their physicians, and the active engagement of patients with their management plan. Conclusions The internet has become an essential source of health information for Egyptian adults. Internet health information can improve the patient-physician relationship, especially when users discuss the obtained health information with their physician. Internet health information provided seekers with social support and self-confidence when making health decisions.
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Zhang, Yue, and Yingying Sun. "The Effect of Ideology on Attitudes toward GM Food Safety among Chinese Internet Users." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 21, 2018): 4326. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114326.
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This study explores the causal relationship between Internet users’ ideologies and their corresponding attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food safety. Using the 2015 Chinese Internet User Survey data (N = 3780) as a representative sample of Internet users from China, the study investigates factors influencing people’s attitudes to GM food safety. Multinomial Logistic Regression Models are applied to examine the effects of demographic features (gender, age, education, family annual income, location, CPC membership, and occupation) and ideological factors (general ideology, political ideology, economic ideology, and cultural ideology) on attitudes to GM food safety. The results demonstrate that the percentage of people whose attitude is that “GM food is risky” (35.1%) surpasses those who think “GM food is safe” (20.4%). The young generation respondents think that GM food is safe, while those with higher levels of income and education are more inclined to view GM food as risky. In addition, public sector employees tend to think that GM food is risky. Respondents characterized with right-wing ideology in general tend to regard GM food as safe, compared to left-wing ideologists. However, their attitude varies in different ideological dimensions of politics, economics, and culture. This paper contributes new insights into understanding ideological influences on science development and sustainability.
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Wang, Shen-Yao, and Ting Lie. "Determinants of Goal-Directed Mobile Ticketing Service Adoption Among Internet Users." International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications 2, no. 1 (January 2010): 26–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2010101602.
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This study aims to understand the driving factors that influence the attitudes and behavioral intention to adopt mobile ticketing services, a new mobile Internet service in Taiwan applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. Empirical findings suggest that the intention to adopt the mobile ticketing service is significantly affected by the attitude towards the service, as well as the self-efficacy and controllability of adopting the mobile ticketing service. Attitude towards using the mobile ticketing service is significantly influenced by perceived usefulness and perceived monetary value of the service, whereas perceived usefulness is significantly affected by the perceived ease of use of the mobile ticketing service. Implications of this study and directions for future research are discussed.
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Hyo Kim, 김광재, and Dong-Hyun Byun. "The Users' Attitudes and Uses in The Internet services: Social information Processing Theory." E-Business Studies 9, no. 4 (November 2008): 147–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.15719/geba.9.4.200811.147.
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Izquierdo-Yusta, Alicia, Cristina Olarte-Pascual, and Eva Reinares-Lara. "Attitudes toward mobile advertising among users versus non-users of the mobile Internet." Telematics and Informatics 32, no. 2 (May 2015): 355–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2014.10.001.
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Purwanegara, Mustika, Atik Apriningsih, and Febri Andika. "Snapshot on Indonesia Regulation in Mobile Internet Banking Users Attitudes." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 115 (February 2014): 147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.423.
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Vošner, Helena Blažun, Samo Bobek, Peter Kokol, and Marija Javornik Krečič. "Attitudes of active older Internet users towards online social networking." Computers in Human Behavior 55 (February 2016): 230–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.014.
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Mohammadi, Hossein. "The moderating role of individual and social factors in Internet banking loyalty: an exploratory study." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 8, no. 3 (August 12, 2014): 420–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-10-2013-0042.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers; the mediating role of usability; and the moderating effects of subjective norms, personal innovativeness, self-efficacy and perceived image on users’ attitudes toward loyalty to Internet banking (IB) in Iran. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the consumer data collected from a survey, structural equations modeling and path analysis were used to test the research model. Findings – The results revealed that “low perceived usefulness” and “low perceived ease of use” both had negative effects on users’ attitudes. “Low awareness” and “low system compatibility” were found to be the main factors impeding users’ attitudes toward loyalty to IB. “Perceived usefulness” showed no mediating role in the relationship between ease of use and users’ attitudes. At last, all concerned moderators moderated the relationships between ease of use/usefulness and users’ attitudes. Research limitation/implication – The sample was only composed of IB users of one Iranian bank, and non-users were not studied. Originality/value – Past studies have seldom examined the role of individual drivers such as personal innovativeness and self-efficacy and social drivers such as subjective norms and perceived image as moderating variables in the context of developing countries.
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Mahmud, Sultan, Md Mohsin, Saddam Hossain Irfan, Abdul Muyeed, and Ariful Islam. "Knowledge, attitude, practices, and determinants of them toward tuberculosis among social media users in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study." PLOS ONE 17, no. 10 (October 11, 2022): e0275344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275344.
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Objectives Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes thousands of deaths in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the 30 high TB burden countries. In this study, we aimed to assess the knowledge, practices, and attitude toward TB, and to determine the factors associated with them among people who have internet access in Bangladesh. Design, Setting, and Participant: A web-based anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted from May 20 to August 10, 2021, among people (age> = 18 years) who have internet access in Bangladesh. A comprehensive consent statement was included at the beginning of the survey and informed consent was taken. Outcome measures This study’s outcomes of interest were respondents’ adequate knowledge, good practices, and positive attitudes toward TB and were coded binarily. The association between respondents’ socio-demographic factors and knowledge, attitude, and practices toward TB was inspected using the Chi-square test and Multivariable logistic regression model. Results Among 1,180 respondents, 58.64% were males, and 62.37% were married. The majority of the participants (78.28%) were aged between 18 to 44 years. Overall adequate knowledge, favorable attitudes, and good practices about TB were found respectively in 47.8%, 44.75%, and 31.19% of the people with internet access in Bangladesh. Almost the same sets of associated factors were found to influence adequate knowledge, favorable attitudes, and good practices toward TB among social media users in Bangladesh. Males, young, unmarried, social media users with higher education, and urban social media users were more likely to have adequate knowledge, favorable attitudes, and good practices toward TB. Conclusion Policymakers need to design programs and interventions to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward TB in Bangladesh with a particular focus on females, young and older people, people who live in rural areas, and illiterate/less educated people. Social media can be a powerful medium for disseminating scientific facts on TB and other diseases.
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Bernik, Igor. "Internet Study." International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism 2, no. 3 (July 2012): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2012070101.
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The authors present public comprehension and attitudes towards cyber threats and cybercrime in Slovenia. Cyberspace has become a wide area which can be exploited through various criminal activities, considering that access to information technology and the Internet is ubiquitous. As the number of users grows, so does the number of cybercrime incidences. Regrettably, users of information technology and the Internet know too little about the dangers in cyberspace and the protective measures to maximize security; they are also poorly informed about the legislation pertaining to cybercrime. In order to accurately gauge the knowledge of the average Internet user, the authors conducted a survey which was posted on the Internet in spring 2011. This survey is the basis for an examination of the perception of cybercrime and an attempt to make sense of the fear of it. The statistical analysis of the questionnaires show, how users perceive cybercrime. On the basis of theory and the results of their research, the authors present basic guidelines that can, if respected, minimize security risks in cyberspace. These guidelines can help increase awareness of cyber threats and are a source of information on how to safely interact in cyberspace. Users who are aware of the risks in cyberspace and know how to deal with them are less afraid of becoming victims of cybercrime. The insights acquired in this study are useful for all cyberspace users and have practical value as they can be used for further study of cybercrime.
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Guo, Hao. "The Influence of Overseas Internet Use Behavior on College Students' Political Attitudes." Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 12 (December 21, 2022): 202–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v2i12.3256.
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With the development of new media technology, college students have become the main users of the Internet. At the same time, their political thoughts and behaviors are increasingly affected by the Internet and new media. Different ideological backgrounds, mixed information and multiple values will inevitably affect college students' ideas, values, moral concepts and political attitudes. By using the methods of questionnaire and in-depth interview, this paper analyzes the impact of overseas network behavior on college students' political attitude.
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Joyce, Mary. "“It’s me or the website!” Investigating people’s confidence with Internet use." Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork, no. 2011 (January 1, 2011): 99–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/boolean.2011.22.
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Whether at work or play, more people than ever encounter the Internet on a daily basis. In June 2010, there were an estimated 1.5 billion Internet users worldwide. This widespread interest has emerged as a result of extensive use of the Internet within social contexts, the workplace, education and many other environments. With such prevalent use of the Internet today, it is important to understand how people interact with it. Some recent observations of Internet users have identified differences between men and women in their confidence with Internet use. While men tend to attribute difficulties navigating a website to a poorly designed website, women often assign these difficulties to personal lack of ability. In Psychology, this belief or confidence in personal ability is known as self-efficacy. In addition to this, it is also thought that people’s attitudes affect behaviour. Thus, it is important to take one’s attitude towards the Internet ...
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Ulo, Karina Lia Meirita, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, Puspa Indahati Sandhyaduhita, Widia Resti Fitriani, Meyliana Meyliana, and Zaenal Abidin. "Factors influencing internet users’ intention to sign e-petitions." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 13, no. 3/4 (August 8, 2019): 257–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-01-2019-0006.
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Purpose This study aims to identify factors behind the intention to sign e-petitions, focusing on three aspects, i.e. information (argument quality), the source of information (source credibility) and personal perspective (personal relevance and altruism). Design/methodology/approach Data collection is done by using a quantitative approach through an online questionnaire. This study involved 211 respondents who were internet users in Indonesia who had signed an e-petition. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling approach with IBM Amos version 22.0. Findings The findings revealed that there are three factors shaping internet users’ attitudes toward e-petitions, namely, altruism, AQ and personal relevance, of which altruism was the strongest factor. Those who have a positive attitude toward e-petitions seemed to have higher intention to sign e-petitions. Additionally, we discovered that internet users believe credible e-petition initiators deliver better arguments, which drive them to sign e-petitions. Research limitations/implications The finding related to elaboration likelihood model has revealed that not only the dual processing of central routes and peripheral routes but also the possibility of peripheral routes influencing the factors in the central route. Hence, future studies need to include the examination of this relation. Finally, altruism is identified as the major factor that influences people to sign e-petitions. Therefore, people should be aware of this factor while examining the environment that likely has voluntary aspects. Practical implications To improve the adoption of the e-petition system, it is important for the e-petition websites to maintain attitude factors to achieve the e-petition goals. It is also important that e-petition websites provide credibility information of the e-petition initiators and make it visible to everyone. The e-petition sites must be able to be personalized so that users can be categorized based on their profiles or interests. Finally, as altruism is the most influencing factor in shaping internet users’ attitude toward e-petitions, e-petition initiators need to write a persuasive and arousing information and images for their e-petition. Some templates, tips or even online training to persuasive public petitions also need to be provided. Originality/value This study attempts to fill the research gap by examining factors from three domains, i.e. information source (the e-petitioners), information/AQ and personal perspective (personal motivation) of the e-petition signers. The authors enrich the research model with altruism factors that influence attitude in signing petitions. This study illustrates the characteristic of Indonesian internet user’s and provides important implications for how the e-petitions site should improve the functionality of the sites.
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Korczak, Jarosław. "Perception and attitude towards the phenomenon of migration in the opinions of users of selected websites." Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze 579, no. 4 (April 30, 2019): 30–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.2836.
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The aim of the article is to show what factors or content infl uence the perception of the phenomenon of migration and how the attitude towards this phenomenon is manifested among users of selected popular content portals. The research included the following issues: the image of the phenomenon of immigration shown on the Internet, the Internet users’ expectations of the presence of immigrants in Poland and the articulated attitudes towards them manifested in the form of anonymous comments placed under posts. The results of the research were based on the analysis of popular content on the phenomenon of migration placed in the portals subjected to research.
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Carruth, Kristen A., and Harvey J. Ginsburg. "Social networking and privacy attitudes among college students." Psychology, Society, & Education 6, no. 2 (April 28, 2017): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/psye.v6i2.510.
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Abstract: Daily use of social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook has become routine for millions of Internet users. Facebook is currently still the most popular social media site. Social networking has been rapidly adopted by societies around the world. In particular, social media like Facebook provide sites where users can personalize a profile with their information, pictures, and videos that can be shared with other users. This information can be used in ways that may violate users’ privacy with or without their knowledge. The hypotheses were that use of Facebook, user self-efficacy for social media and users’ general attitudes about privacy expectations are predictors of specific attitudes towards Facebook social media privacy, among a sample of 284, mostly white female, undergraduate college students in their twenties. Facebook self-efficacy and Facebook personal privacy violations were significant determinants of general Internet social media privacy concerns. However, Facebook use was not a significant factor for general Internet social media privacy concerns. Perceived benefits of Facebook generally appear to outweigh risks of disclosing personal information. Las redes sociales y las actitudes de privacidad entre los estudiantes universitarios Resumen: El uso diario de las redes sociales (SNS), tales como Facebook, se ha convertido en rutina para millones de usuarios de Internet. Facebook es actualmente todavía la red social más popular. Las redes sociales han sido rápidamente adoptadas por las sociedades de todo el mundo. En particular, las redes sociales como Facebook ofrecen sitios donde los usuarios pueden personalizar un perfil con sus datos, fotografías y vídeos que se pueden compartir con otros usuarios. Esta información se puede utilizar en maneras que pueden violar la privacidad de los usuarios, con o sin su conocimiento. Las hipótesis fueron que el uso de Facebook, la auto-eficacia del Usuario para los medios sociales y las actitudes generales de los usuarios acerca de las expectativas de privacidad se mostarían como predictores de las actitudes específicas hacia la privacidad de los medios de comunicación de Facebook en una muestra de 284 estudiantes universitarios de grado, en su mayoría mujeres blancas de unos veinte años. La autoeficacia en Facebook y las violaciones de privacidad personal en Facebook, fueron determinantes significativos de las preocupaciones sobrela privacidad general de los medios sociales en Internet. Sin embargo, el uso de Facebook no fue un factor significativo para la preocupación sobre la privacidad general de las redes sociales en internet. Los beneficios percibidos de Facebook en general parecen superar los riesgos percibidos sobre la revelación de información personal.
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Zhang, Chengzhi, and Qingqing Zhou. "Online investigation of users’ attitudes using automatic question answering." Online Information Review 42, no. 3 (June 11, 2018): 419–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-10-2016-0299.
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Purpose With the development of the internet, huge numbers of reviews are generated, disseminated, and shared on e-commerce and social media websites by internet users. These reviews usually indicate users’ opinions about products or services directly, and are thus valuable for efficient marketing. The purpose of this paper is to mine online users’ attitudes from a huge pool of reviews via automatic question answering. Design/methodology/approach The authors make use of online reviews to complete an online investigation via automatic question answering (AQA). In the process of AQA, question generation and extraction of corresponding answers are conducted via sentiment computing. In order to verify the performance of AQA for online investigation, online reviews from a well-known travel website, namely Tuniu.com, are used as the experimental data set. Finally, the experimental results from AQA vs a traditional questionnaire are compared. Findings The experimental results show that results between the AQA-based automatic questionnaire and the traditional questionnaire are consistent. Hence, the AQA method is reliable in identifying users’ attitudes. Although this paper takes Chinese tourism reviews as the experimental data, the method is domain and language independent. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to use the AQA method to mine users’ attitudes towards tourism services. Using online reviews may overcome problems with using traditional questionnaires, such as high costs and long cycle for questionnaire design and answering.
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Lee, Hye Soo. "Older Koreans' Information Support and Internet Use: Internet Skills and Technology Attitudes." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2487.
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Abstract While older Koreans have growing access to Internet, they still lag in actual utilization. This study examined effects of different information support sources on Internet utilization and whether these were mediated by Internet skills and technology attitudes among older men and women. This study used secondary data from 2019 Digital Divide Survey conducted by National Information Society Agency of Korea. The sample consisted of 1,031 Korean Internet users aged 60+, including 495 men and 536 women. Support sources included personal and professional. Skills were measured by ability to use specific features of mobile devices such as smartphones (seven items), while utilization was measured by the use of mobile devices for specific reasons (25 items). Serial mediation analyses using both skills and attitudes were conducted separately according to gender and support sources, covarying for demographics and health. In general, information support was positively associated with utilization. For men, personal informational support was mediated by technology attitudes only. For women, professional informational support was mediated by both Internet skills and technology attitudes, but the serial indirect effect was not significant for this model. The other two models showed significant serial mediation effects through Internet skills and technology attitudes, in this order. Only women had significant direct associations between information support and Internet utilization. Regardless of the source, informational support is positively associated with older Koreans’ Internet utilization. Professional support for men and personal support for women may be most beneficial for greater Internet utilization.
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Lee, Hsin-Hui, Chia-Hsing Liang, Shu-Yi Liao, and Han-Shen Chen. "Analyzing the Intention of Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in Relation to Internet Memes Using VAB Model." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (October 9, 2019): 5549. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205549.
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The proliferation of Internet has accelerated the dissemination of information, which has given birth to the term “Internet meme”. Social network is one of the pivotal media in spreading an Internet meme. Marketers utilize Internet memes to carry out marketing activities to significantly improve their Internet exposure. We thus verify whether consumers generate purchase intention after being attracted to an Internet meme, as no such research prevails. We employ the value–attitude–behavior model as its theoretical core and discuss how the values formed by consumers under the impact of an Internet meme influence their purchasing behaviors through their attitudes. The participants of the study are Internet users who are habitual to checking Facebook. We adopted convenience sampling and developed 380 valid questionnaires. Structural equation modeling is applied to verify the study’s hypotheses. The research results reveal that utilitarian and hedonic values influence the Purchase Intention through utilitarian and hedonic attitudes. In light of the aforementioned findings, it is suggested that marketers and relevant participants focus on the hedonic value brought by an Internet meme and design fun and witty Internet memes to attract consumers.
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Chen, Chih Chung. "Empirical Study on the Marketing Strategy and Effect on the Platform of Social Media: Taking Tencent Microblog as Example." Advanced Materials Research 1014 (July 2014): 438–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1014.438.
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Microblog is one of the most important trends in Internet communication. But since microblog is a new phenomenon, we are still at the very beginning stage of exploring the ways and effects of marketing on microblog. The paper took Tencent enterprise microblog platform as example, using experiment to discover what kind of microblog text can effectively influence users’ attitudes and behaviors. It was found that advertising information can not significantly changed users’ attitudes toward the brand, but non-advertising information can significantly change users’ attitudes toward the company’s microblog, and ultimately change their attitudes toward brand. Some suggestions for business marketing on microblog were also proposed.
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Gafni, Ruti, and Idan Nagar. "CAPTCHA: Impact on User Experience of Users with Learning Disabilities." Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning 12 (2016): 207–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3612.
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CAPTCHA is one of the most common solutions to check if the user trying to enter a Website is a real person or an automated piece of software. This challenge-response test, implemented in many Internet Websites, emphasizes the gaps between accessibility and security on the Internet, as it poses an obstacle for the learning-impaired in the reading and comprehension of what is presented in the test. Various types of CAPTCHA tests have been developed in order to address accessibility and security issues. The objective of this study is to investigate how the differences between various CAPTCHA tests affect user experience among populations with and without learning disabilities. A questionnaire accompanied by experiencing five different tests was administered to 212 users, 60 of them with learning disabilities. Response rates for each test and levels of success were collected automatically. Findings suggest that users with learning disabilities have more difficulties in solving the tests, especially those with distorted texts, have more negative attitudes towards the CAPTCHA tests, but the response time has no statistical difference from users without learning disabilities. These insights can help to develop and implement solutions suitable for many users and especially for population with learning disabilities.
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Mider, Daniel. "Privacy on the Internet: An Empirical Study of Poles’ Attitudes." Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance 1, no. 1 (November 17, 2022): 208–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1459.
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The value system of Poles in terms of the phenomenon of privacy on the Internet was analysed. The following aspects were taken into account: privacy on the Internet as a moral value, privacy on the Internet as a subject of legal regulations (current or future) and actual actions taken by users to protect privacy. The differentiation of Polish society in terms of the three above-mentioned areas was also examined. Results were obtained on the basis of a quantitative empirical study conducted on a representative sample (N=1001) of adult Poles. The method of computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) was used. Descriptive statistics and selected inductive statistics were used in the analyses. Intra-group differentiation was investigated using a method called two-step cluster analysis. Poles have low technical competences in the field of Internet privacy protection. This value is appreciated; however, it rarely translates into active protection of one’s own identity and information. A strong polarization of Poles’ attitudes towards the requirement to disclose their identity on the Internet was identified, as well as ensuring access to any user information by law enforcement agencies. Poles are willing to accept legal regulations preventing their profiling. We note a moderately strong negative attitude towards state institutions as a factor limiting privacy on the Internet and a significantly lower (but still negative) attitude towards Internet service providers. Poles differ in terms of attitudes towards privacy on the Internet (IT competences, age, education, gender, socioeconomic status and size of the place of residence).
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Brzozowska-Woś, Magdalena. "Analysis of Attitudes of Internet Users Towards the Brand in Social Media." Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Problemy Zarządzania, Finansów i Marketingu 41 (2015): 67–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/pzfm.2015.41/1-05.
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Trocchia, Philip J., and Swinder Janda. "A phenomenological investigation of Internet usage among older individuals." Journal of Consumer Marketing 17, no. 7 (December 1, 2000): 605–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07363760010357804.
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Older consumers comprise a growing but under‐represented segment of Internet users. However, compared to many younger groups, members of this segment often possess more discretionary time and income. This presents a significant opportunity for marketers of Internet related products and services. In order to better understand older individuals’ attitudes and motivations concerning Internet usage, phenomenological interviews were conducted among six Internet users and six non‐users. From the emic perspective of the informants, and the etic interpretation of the transcripts, the following six themes characterizing differences between Internet using and Internet non‐using older individuals emerged: Reference group affiliation, Technology schema, Resistance to change, Nature of social relations, Perception of reality, and Physical dexterity. The marketing implications of these findings are identified and discussed.
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Gillett, Christopher Robert, Taylor Brame, and Emil F. Kendiorra. "Comprehensive survey of United States internet users’ sentiments towards cryopreservation." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (January 7, 2021): e0244980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244980.
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Medical cryopreservation is the speculative practice of using low temperatures and medical-grade cryoprotective agents to halt the decay of a recently-deceased person’s brain and body for the prospect of future resuscitation and restoration of function. We conducted a survey of 1,487 internet users in the United States to measure familiarity with, interest in, beliefs about, and attitudes towards cryopreservation. The majority of respondents (75%) had previously heard of the topic. Respondents tended to underestimate the cost of cryopreservation and number of previous cases but overestimate the number of providers. While many respondents expressed interest in signing up (20%) or had actively researched the topic (21%), a much smaller fraction have decided to be cryopreserved (6%). This level of interest is much greater than the number of previous preservation cases would indicate. We found that respondents’ attitudes towards death significantly correlated with their general sentiments towards the topic, with those expressing a desire for longer life or to see the future being more interested and positively inclined. Fear of death was not associated with interest in cryopreservation. Negative sentiments towards cryopreservation were less common than respondents perceived. For example, 14% of respondents believed that “most people” think cryopreservation should be illegal, but only 4% of respondents actually did. Many respondents (42%) were pessimistic regarding the likelihood of cryopreservation being successful, but the mean estimate of time until revival of cryopreserved bodies would be possible was 82 years.
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Knezevic, Blazenka, Bozidar Jakovic, and Ivan Strugar. "POTENTIALS AND PROBLEMS OF INTERNET AS A SOURCE OF PURCHASING INFORMATION – EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN CROATIA." Business, Management and Education 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2014): 138–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bme.2014.10.
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Gathering information online prior to offline purchase became the common way of using Internet within student population. On the other hand, there are more and more Internet users and online shoppers at all Central European Countries. In the CEE region companies are searching the way how to approach students as a target group via their web sites. The purpose of this research was to explain (1) how student population in Croatia use Internet as a tool for gathering information on products and services and (2) to assess perceived problems and potential of Internet as a retail information source. The paper is based on a primary research – a survey on attitudes of Croatian students towards Internet and online shopping. Results are analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical method. Discussion of the results brings us to conclusions that there are statistically different attitudes among groups according to gender and according previous experience with the on-line shopping. For illustration: (a) males and females differ in assortment that they are choosing and buying online, (b) male students have a more positive attitude towards online shopping benefits than female students, and (c) online shoppers have more positive attitudes towards security issues than non-online shoppers.
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Mathew, Priya Mary. "Attitude segmentation of Indian online buyers." Journal of Enterprise Information Management 29, no. 3 (April 11, 2016): 359–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeim-08-2014-0078.
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Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to apply the ABC model and examine the attitudinal segmentation of online consumer in India in terms of internet usage, perceived risks, website attributes, intent to do online purchase in future and preference of website attributes. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire was administered to 600 online consumers using field and online survey mediums. The logit analysis was applied to arrive at segmentation of online users. Findings – Findings show how attitudes are different of online users when they were segmented based on internet usage. This segmentation showed attitudes that were paradoxical in nature. To explain this paradoxical behaviour of online buyers, this study applied the logit analysis. The online users were further examined applying the ABC model of attitude. Three distinct segments of online users emerged. They are: CAB, CBA and BCA. Practical implications – The findings of this paper will be useful for online retailers who want to start e-commerce business in India. The findings are also useful for designing appropriate promotion and marketing strategies to entice online users to become online buyers. Originality/value – The key contributions of this paper are the new insights from using the ABC model. Based on usage of internet in number of hours, online buyers could be segmented into four groups. On further analysis using ABC model, this studied showed that a better segmentation of online buyers is possible and that is called attitudinal segmentation. The BCA attitudinal segment is a finding of this study and is unique to this research. This has not been done using Indian online buyers and this adds to the originality of the study.
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Triyafebrianda, Handi Aulia, and Nila Armelia Windasari. "Factors Influence Customer Churn on Internet Service Provider in Indonesia." TIJAB (The International Journal of Applied Business) 6, no. 2 (November 25, 2022): 134–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/tijab.v6.i2.2022.34030.
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Rapid growth of internet users in Indonesia and the Covid-19 pandemic situation has prompted the emergence of new Internet Service Providers in line with the increasing demand for internet access. Several new internet service providers are emerged leading to a more competitive environment. Churn in subscription model business become important variable since the brand of internet service provider increasing. The purpose of this study is to examine factors influence customer churn in internet service provider so company can resolve and anticipate the churn problems. By using the method SEM-PLS to 102 respondents data collected, it was concluded that customer churn was significantly influenced by complaint management and multi-brand attitude. Another result is the tendency of multi-brands attitudes moderates the price which is significantly related to customer churn.
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Krzanowski, Roman, and Pawel Polak. "The Internet as an Epistemic Agent (EA)." Információs Társadalom 22, no. 2 (August 31, 2022): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22503/inftars.xxii.2022.2.3.
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We argue that the Internet is, and is acting as, an EA because it shapes our belief systems, our worldviews. We explain key concepts for this discussion and provide illustrative examples to support our claims. Furthermore, we explain why recognising the Internet as an EA is important for Internet users and society in general. We discuss several ways in which the Internet influences the choices, beliefs, and attitudes of its users, and we compare this effect with those of psychological conditioning and brainwashing techniques. Finally, we present examples where the Internet’s epistemic agency acts at scale, affecting large portions of society rather than individuals.
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Min, Wang, and Zhilong You. "Attitudes of online users towards personal information leakage: based on Sina Weibo database." E3S Web of Conferences 251 (2021): 01044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125101044.
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With the rapid development of internet, people pay more attention to personal information security. Drawing upon three components of attitude, this study was designed to realize online users’ attitudes toward personal information leakage. Web crawl program was used to get the blog data from Sina Weibo. Results show that the main media for personal information leak include mobile phones, telephone, media and networks. People who have verification published blog more than no verification people. People pay more attention to account number. Pioneer and No verification people have more negative affection. Personal account, VIP and Organization people have more positive affection. If the blog has higher interaction, positive affect will also rise. Media’s blogs exert an imperceptible influence on people’s behavior.
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Bassam Mahmoud, Ali. "Linking information motivation to attitudes towards Web advertising." Journal of Islamic Marketing 5, no. 3 (September 2, 2014): 396–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-02-2013-0011.
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Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships among Syrian consumers’ information motivation and beliefs about and attitude towards Web advertising. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional investigation is conducted and the proposed model is tested and revised using structural equation modeling technique. Findings – The results indicate that information motivation predicts three dimensions of beliefs about Web advertising, i.e. positively for information and entertainment; and negatively for irritation. It is found also that information motivation positively influences consumers’ attitudes towards advertising. As well as, information, entertainment and irritation are found to partially mediate the relationship between information motivation and attitude towards Web advertising. Additionally, values corruption is found to negatively influence Syrian consumers’ attitudes toward Web advertising. Research limitations/implications – Researchers are advised to use the validated scales in the present study when it comes to measure beliefs about and attitudes toward Internet advertising in the Syrian context or other Arab countries contexts. Also, further investigations using longitudinal design are needed to check the validity of our results on a longer period of time, besides using qualitative methods along with quantitative analyses could produce a wider vision to the results. Additionally, it is recommended that other types of Internet usage motivation are included in future studies’ models. Practical implications – Advertisers promoting in Syria are encouraged to influence Syrian consumers’ attitudes towards Web advertising to be more positive and less negative through offering free and high-quality content of information, especially for Internet users with high levels of informative motivation. Additionally, producing informative, enjoyable, less annoying and less values corruptive could help promoting for favorable attitudes towards Web advertising. Originality/value – This research comes to be one of the first studies to investigate Syrian consumers’ beliefs about and attitudes towards Internet advertising. Also, this study provides evidence of the direct relationship between information motivation and general attitudes towards Web advertising.
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Kishina, E. V., and E. Yu Safiulina. "Linguaconflictological Research of Internet Appeal." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University 21, no. 4 (December 31, 2019): 1114–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-4-1114-1122.
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The present research features the genre of internet appeal as a dialogic conflict process. The paper focuses on the internet appeal as an element of conflict communication and a form of open dialogue between the state and society. The linguaconflictological approach was determined by communication strategies and intentional attitudes of the sender and recipient of the internet appeal. The authors proved that the internet appeal is a special sub-genre of the complaint and explained how conflict manifests itself in this genre. The analysis of strategies and tactics revealed conceptual ideas of internet users who applied for help to officials institutions. The empirical basis of research was obtained from the internet page of the Governor of Kemerovo region. The analysis showed the effect of various factors on speech strategies and tactics and revealed communicative intentions. The internet appeal is characterized by a set of specific strategies and tactics of conflict communication, determined by the gap between the intentional attitudes of the sender and the recipient.
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Đurić, Slađana. "The attitudes and experiences of the Internet and social media users in Serbia." Journal of Process Management. New Technologies 7, no. 4 (2019): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/jouproman7-22584.
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Nishijima, Chiharu, Etsuko Kobayashi, Yoko Sato, and Tsuyoshi Chiba. "A Nationwide Survey of the Attitudes toward the Use of Dietary Supplements among Japanese High-School Students." Nutrients 11, no. 7 (June 28, 2019): 1469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11071469.
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We previously studied the prevalence of dietary supplement use in Japanese high-school students by conducting a study on mothers. However, there is often a discrepancy between mothers’ understanding and children’s attitudes. Thus, we conducted an internet survey of high-school students to clarify their attitudes toward the use of dietary supplements. An invitation to the internet survey was e-mailed to registrants of a research company aged 15 to 18 years. A total of 1031 students (276 male, 755 female) answered the questionnaire on a first come, first served basis. The participants were classified according to the purchasers of their supplements: students who purchased supplements themselves were defined as active users, and others were defined as passive users. The prevalence of dietary supplement use was 30.8% in males and 26.7% in females. Among the users, 42.4% of males and 43.8% of females were active users. Males used supplements for health regardless of active or passive use. However, in females, more active users (40.9%) used supplements for weight loss than passive users (20.4%); the corresponding prevalence was 2.3% in our previous report on mothers’ understanding of their daughters. The most frequently used source of information for active users was the internet, whereas for passive users it was family. The frequency of adverse events was 9.4% in males and 14.4% in females, with gastrointestinal symptoms being the most commonly experienced events. Our results suggest that dietary education, including healthy eating and the appropriate use of dietary supplements, should be provided to high-school students.
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Orrego-Carmona, David. "Subtitling, video consumption and viewers." Translation Spaces 3 (November 28, 2014): 51–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ts.3.03orr.
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The emergence of international audiences and the activities of prosumers are modifying international media flows. Consumers have become active mediators in the distribution of audiovisual contents through the Internet, overstepping official distribution channels. As an efficient way to overcome linguistic barriers, non-professional subtitling plays an important role within this framework. In order to analyze how the new environment is altering users’ behavior and attitudes, this article looks at the case of video consumption and non-professional subtitling use in Spain. By drawing on questionnaires, interviews and documentary sources on the Internet, the article aims at providing a general picture of current consumption habits of audiovisual material in a globalized society. It explores users’ engagement with audiovisual content, their attitude towards subtitling and non-professional subtitling, and how they manage their expectations and adapt to the new conditions.
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Goncharova, Inna V., Gennadi B. Pronchev, Marina E. Rodionova, and Evgheniia I. Krichever. "Runet Users' Attitude to Outrageous Content in Virtual Social Environments." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 11, no. 1 (January 3, 2022): 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2022-0023.
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This study of the Runet virtual social environments deals with identifying and analyzing user reactions to watching a video clip containing outrageous behavior, and studying social attitudes of the respondents. The Celebrium-X platform employing the adjoint ideomotion technology for remote collection and processing of group neuro-responses was chosen as a research tool. As the empirical basis of the research, the raw data obtained as a result of the conducted survey was used. The results of the study have shown the respondents' negative attitude to publishing of outrageous video clips in virtual social environments. The Internet audience realizes a negative effect produced by the aggressive content on people's psychological sphere and social behavior.
Received: 12 October 2021 / Accepted: 11 December 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022
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Bi, Datian, Jingyuan Kong, Xue Zhang, and Junli Yang. "Analysis on Health Information Acquisition of Social Network Users by Opinion Mining: Case Analysis Based on the Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccinations." Journal of Healthcare Engineering 2021 (September 19, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2122095.
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This study aims to explore phenomena and laws that occur when different users on social network platforms obtain health information by constructing an opinion mining model, analyzing the user’s position on selected cases, and exploring the reflection of the phenomenon of truth decay on platforms. It selects group posts regarding the COVID-19 vaccination dispute on the Douban platform, analyzes the positions of different users, and explores phenomena related to users obtaining health information on domestic social platforms according to different topics and information behaviors. The results reveal a linear relationship between the negative and neutral attitudes of netizens on social networking platforms. Moreover, netizens tend to hold subjective language when expressing their views and attitudes, and their views on social platforms will not change easily. The study explores the health information acquisition behavior of netizens on social platforms based on the constructed user opinion mining model. The study is helpful for relevant units and platforms to make scientific decisions and provide guidance according to different positions of Internet users.
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Guo, Lin, and Dongliang Zhang. "Measure User Intimacy by Mining Maximum Information Transmission Paths." Complexity 2020 (March 21, 2020): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2376451.
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The Internet has become an important carrier of information. Its data contain abundant information about hot events, user relations and attitudes, and so on. Many enterprises use high-impact Internet users to promote products, so it is very important to understand the mechanism of information transmission. Mining social network data can help people analyze the complex and changing relationships between users. The traditional method for doing this is to analyze information such as common interests and common friends, but this data cannot truly describe the degree of intimacy between users. What really connects different users on the Internet is the delivery of information. The algorithm proposed in this paper considers the dynamic characteristics of information transmission, finds maximum transmission paths from information transmission results, and finally calculates the intimacy degrees between users according to all the maximum information transmission paths within a certain period.
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Nam, Taewoo. "Citizen Attitudes about Open Government and Government 2.0." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 12, no. 4 (October 2016): 46–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2016100104.
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The analysis on the secondary data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project's national survey (Government Online) found what influences American citizens' attitude about Open Government and Government 2.0, which can be identified as a new goal and tool, respectively, of e-government. This study employs a path analysis based on standardized structural equation estimation, which decomposes the causal relationships among multiple variables into standardized direct and indirect effects. The analysis suggests some noteworthy findings. Heavy users of e-government services and those with trust in government are likely to have positive attitudes toward the new phase of e-government, Open Government and Government 2.0. Socio-demographic conditions have indirect effects on citizen attitudes through the mediating effect of e-government use.
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Skinner, Adrian E. G., and Gary Latchford. "Attitudes to counselling via the Internet: A comparison between in-person counselling clients and Internet support group users." Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 6, no. 3 (September 2006): 158–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733140600853641.
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Indrayana, I. Putu Dony, and Luh Suciani. "The Role of Attitudes in Editing the Effect of Perception of Benefits and Use of Use on Interest in Using Internet Banking." International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review 10, no. 04 (April 27, 2019): 21494–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.15520/ijcrr.v10i04.694.
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This study aims to determine the effect of perceived benefits and the ease of use of interest in using BRI internet banking with the role of attitude as mediation. The location of this research was conducted at PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Denpasar Branch Renon. The population in this study were BRI internet banking users, which numbered 3,641. This study uses a type of quantitative data, using primary and secondary data sources, and data collection techniques used are interviews, documentation, and using instruments in the form of questionnaires. Sampling in this study is proportional to each customer. While the determination of respondents used random sampling by lottery on the customer list. The minimum number of samples targeted in the study were 98 people. The analysis technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with a variance based or component based approach with Partial Least Square (PLS).
The results of this study indicate that: 1) Perception of benefits has a positive and significant effect on attitudes, 2) Ease of use has a positive and significant effect on attitudes, 3) Perception of benefits has a positive and significant effect on interests, 4) Ease of use has a positive and significant effect on attitudes, 5) Perception of benefits has a positive and significant effect on interest through attitudes, 6) Ease of use has a positive and significant effect on interest through attitude.
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Taddicken, Monika. "Climate Change From the User’s Perspective." Journal of Media Psychology 25, no. 1 (January 2013): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000080.
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Scientific information about the global climate and its development is both complex and uncertain. For laypersons, mass media and the Internet constitute the main sources of information about climate change. However, so far, little is known about the impact of mass media and, in particular, of online content about climate change on the audience’s knowledge regarding and attitudes toward climate change. Therefore, a survey with a representative sample of German Internet users (n = 1,523) was conducted. Based on previous research and theoretical considerations, a measurement model was developed that also included the individual variables environmental awareness and perceived involvement. Additionally, the individual’s perspective on media content was taken into account by considering moderator effects of the individual’s evaluation of media content and need for information. In this way, television and radio use was shown to slightly affect the levels of knowledge and problem awareness. The moderators media evaluation and need for information proved to be particularly important for the impact of Internet use. The more media reporting was perceived as exaggerated, the more Internet use negatively affected levels of knowledge, problem awareness, and behavioral intentions. Conversely, the interaction between need for information and Internet use increased the impact on problem awareness and behavioral intentions. Hence, it becomes clear that the Internet plays a crucial role in people’s attitude generation processes, but is utilized in different ways.