Why do we multitask with media? Predictors of media multitasking among Internet users in the United States and Taiwan

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Kononova ◽  
Yi-Hsuan Chiang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Media Multitasking ◽  
Internet Users

Journalism Online in Peru

2005 ◽  
pp. 1742-1746
Author(s):  
Antonio Diaz-Andrade
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Chicago Tribune ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Online Journalism ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Internet Users

Online journalism dates back to the end of the 1970s, when Knight-Ridder launched an initiative to develop a videotext service in the United States, which it later dropped, in 1986, after realizing enormous losses. In 1988, Knight-Ridder bought Dialog Information Services, Inc.; only a year later, the first signs of success appeared. By the end of the 1980s, Gannet launched a daily news piece in text format. In 1992, The Chicago Tribune became the world’s first daily to launch an electronic version of its newspaper. In 1993, Knight-Ridder started publishing what would eventually become one of the paradigms of electronic journalism, the San Jose Mercury Center. By 1994, the major newspapers in the United States offered readers an online version (Díaz & Meso, 1998). Now, Internet users can read newspapers, listen to the radio, and watch TV from anywhere, anytime (McClung, 2001).

A hyper differential counterpublic: Muslim social media users and Islamophobia during the 2016 US presidential election

2019 ◽  
pp. 146144481989228
Author(s):  
Stine Eckert ◽  
Jade Metzger-Riftkin ◽  
Sean Kolhoff ◽  
Sydney O’Shay-Wallace
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
Muslim Population ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Detroit Metropolitan Area ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
Presidential Election Campaign

We interviewed 61 Muslims in 15 focus groups from the most visible Muslim population in the United States: the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Participants shared their experiences of and responses to Islamophobia on social media and face-to-face during the 2016 US presidential election campaign and aftermath. Applying Fraser’s and Squires’ theories of counterpublics, we developed an adapted understanding of counterpublics in collapsed contexts of online and face-to-face spaces. We argue that everyday Muslim internet users in the United States are an example of a hyper differential counterpublic. They face the pressures of near ubiquitous and ever evolving Islamophobic attacks, while needing to engage with the internet for personal and professional purposes. We suggest that hyper differential counterpublics operate in collapsed contexts of mixed, unimaginable publics, switch between group and individual responses, and craft hyper situational responses to discriminations case by case.

The Internet and Governance in a Global Context

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD ROSE
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
India And China

The Internet is a global phenomenon, but the way in which national governments respond to it varies with the political, social and economic context of a country. However, much that is written about the Internet and governance concentrates on a few advanced industrial societies, and especially the United States. Yet the federal and fragmented system of governance in the United States creates obstacles to the use of the Internet, while smaller countries from Estonia to Singapore produce innovations in e-governance. Moreover, even though the United States has more Internet users than any other country today, the growth points in the use of the Internet in the next few years will occur in radically different places, ranging from Russia and Brazil to India and China.

scholarly journals Increasing Online Purchasing: A Study Of Web Assurance And Web Insurance

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Shane Warrick ◽  
Terrye A. Stinson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information System ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Online Transactions ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
A Company

Improving customer confidence is an important consideration, and potentially necessary ingredient, for increasing growth in electronic commerce. More than 1.2 billion people are internet users and, of that number, more than 215 million internet users live in the United States (Miniwatts Marketing Group 2008). Internet use in the United States, in fact, is second only to internet use in China (Barboza 2008). In its most recent study, the National Retail Federation (2008) estimated that U.S. online retail sales are approaching $204 billion. Past studies identified issues associated with customer concerns in online transactions, and various forms of web assurance and web insurance have emerged as commercial mechanisms to ease these concerns and promote growth in ecommerce. Both mechanisms require strategic controls by a company developing its ecommerce information system. This paper continues the stream of research aimed at understanding how consumers view online purchasing with a focus on internet users in the United States. Results indicate that participants increase purchase intentions from vendors with either web assurance or web insurance, but that participants are indifferent regarding the choice of web assurance or web insurance. Recognizing these benefits, vendors should design strong controls within ecommerce information systems that support acquisition of either web assurance or web insurance that validate system security.

scholarly journals Comprehensive survey of United States internet users’ sentiments towards cryopreservation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0244980
Author(s):  
Christopher Robert Gillett ◽  
Taylor Brame ◽  
Emil F. Kendiorra
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Cryoprotective Agents ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Attitudes Towards Death ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Cost

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.

Going with the flow: Nudging attention online

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482094118
Author(s):  
Angela Xiao Wu ◽  
Harsh Taneja ◽  
James G Webster
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Institutional Power ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Usage Patterns

Theories explaining the impacts of online media often swing between the actions of empowered individuals and the distribution structures put in place by powerful corporations. To explicate how these factors interact, we adapt the concept of audience flow to highlight the temporal dimension of web use and demonstrate how digital architectures subtly nudge masses of people into online attention flows. We identify sequential usage patterns through a network analysis of passively measured clickstreams, combined with data on website ownership and website architectures. Our sample, based on a panel of 1 million users, includes 1761 websites that reached at least 1% of Internet users in the United States. Our findings reveal previously unseen patterns of online audience formation, which have implications for studying media effects and understanding institutional power on the Internet.

Current Approaches to Federal E-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
M. E. Chen ◽  
C. K. Davis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Privacy Issues

The U.S. government is making strides to provide electronic access to government agencies and services. A variety of issues are involved when implementing e-government programs such as electronic tax filing, access to drug information, and so forth. Financial, technical, personnel, and legal issues are common. Privacy issues in the creation of e-government are also of interest to both the e-government implementer and citizen. There are a variety of issues in planning and implementing projects of the scope and magnitude of e-government. Issues such as user requirements, organizational change, government regulations, and politics, as well as descriptions of planning and implementation frameworks, are important. Experience in developed countries shows that it is not difficult for people to imagine a situation where all interaction can be done 24 hours each day, 7 days each week. Many countries, including the United States, France, Australia, Greece, Canada, Singapore, and Italy have been offering government services online (West, 2004). According to Sharma and Gupta (2003), Canada, Singapore, and the United States are categorized as “innovative leaders” (p. 34) whose continued leadership in the creation of e-government and more mature online services sets them apart from other countries. Canada leads the way in e-government innovation while Singapore, the United States, Australia, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, and Ireland are countries in the top-10 list. Several Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Burma have initiated the concept of e-government as well (Dodgson, 2001). An article in Federal Computer Week (Perera, 2004) reported findings of a recent poll indicating that 77% of Internet users (or some 97 million people) in the United States have gone online for government information. E-government is rapidly becoming a key priority of the government of the United States.

scholarly journals The downside of digital inclusion: Expectations and experiences of privacy and surveillance among marginal Internet users

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seeta Peña Gangadharan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Internet Users

Increasing broadband adoption among members of underserved populations remains a high priority among policymakers, advocates, corporations, and affected communities. But questions about the risks entailed in the flow of personal information are beginning to surface and shine light on the tension between broadband’s benefits and harms. This article examines broadband adoption programs at community-based and public institutions in the United States in order to understand the ways in which privacy and surveillance issues emerge and are engaged in these settings. While adults who enroll in introductory digital literacy classes and access the Internet at public terminals feel optimistic about broadband “opportunities,” they encounter “privacy-poor, surveillance-rich” broadband. Users experience myriad anxieties, while having few meaningful options to meet their concerns.

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