The Importance of the Internet on Improving Economic Welfare: An Empirical Evidence from Indonesian Rural Household

Deceptive Tactics Used in Online Shopping

TRANSNATIONAL MARKETING JOURNAL ◽

10.33182/tmj.v9i2.1255 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 407-424

Author(s):

Seçil Toros

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Online Shopping ◽

The Internet ◽

High Propensity ◽

Deceptive Advertising

The debate on deceptive advertising is getting more critical alongside the proliferation of the Internet and global e-commerce. This study aims to portray the nature and variances of deceptive tactics employed in online shopping sites by utilising an original database and a content analysis. Findings verified that the use of online deceptive advertising practices is common among Turkish online-shopping sites. First and foremost, the study displayed the high propensity of advertisers to omit or obscure information within the online ad content. The findings also provided empirical evidence on the correlational nature of involvement level and price with the deception levels.

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GATT/WTO TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC WELFARE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Journal of Economic Surveys ◽

10.1111/joes.12087 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 56-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kym Anderson

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Economic Welfare

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Panel on: Maintaining Identity in the Virtual World Virtual Fraud and Misinformation in the New Age: Revisiting Grice’s Cooperative Principle

10.28945/2731 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Hong Wang ◽

Xin-An (Lucian) Lu

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Virtual World ◽

Sufficient Conditions ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Cooperative Principle ◽

Conversational Implicatures ◽

Online Deception ◽

Use Of The Internet

Naturally, humans seek physical and psychological joy. Romance, for instance, is one of the means. People are making quick use of the Internet technology to facilitate their seeking of romantic and quasiromantic experience via “virtual reality.” In this paper we concern ourselves mainly with meaning generation and interpretation in the virtual world. With analysis of a reported case of online deception as empirical evidence, we question in the conditions and assumptions Grice based on for his theoretical proposition of the Cooperative Principle. Our research suggests that deception in online romance is hard to find out because the virtual reality does not provide sufficient conditions for generation of conversational implicatures as suggested by Grice’s Cooperative Principle.

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Talk Is Silver, Code Is Gold? Beyond Traditional Notions of Contribution in Peer Production: The Case of Drupal

Frontiers in Human Dynamics ◽

10.3389/fhumd.2021.618207 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

David Rozas ◽

Nigel Gilbert ◽

Paul Hodkinson ◽

Samer Hassan

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Source Code ◽

Free Software ◽

The Internet ◽

Software Project ◽

Peer Production ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Digital Commons ◽

The Creation

Peer production communities are based on the collaboration of communities of people, mediated by the Internet, typically to create digital commons, as in Wikipedia or free software. The contribution activities around the creation of such commons (e.g., source code, articles, or documentation) have been widely explored. However, other types of contribution whose focus is directed toward the community have remained significantly less visible (e.g., the organization of events or mentoring). This work challenges the notion of contribution in peer production through an in-depth qualitative study of a prominent “code-centric” example: the case of the free software project Drupal. Involving the collaboration of more than a million participants, the Drupal project supports nearly 2% of websites worldwide. This research (1) offers empirical evidence of the perception of “community-oriented” activities as contributions, and (2) analyzes their lack of visibility in the digital platforms of collaboration. Therefore, through the exploration of a complex and “code-centric” case, this study aims to broaden our understanding of the notion of contribution in peer production communities, incorporating new kinds of contributions customarily left invisible.

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Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Media and Communication ◽

10.17645/mac.v4i3.516 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 4-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Kathryn L. Mills

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Development ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Digital Media ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Internet Use ◽

Media Use ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

The Internet ◽

Online Environment ◽

Policy Makers

The rise of digital media use and the ability to be in almost constant connection to the Internet has raised a number of concerns about how Internet use could impact cognitive abilities. In particular, parents and policy makers are concerned with how being ‘constantly online’ might disrupt social and cognitive development. This review integrates the latest empirical evidence on Internet use with relevant experimental studies to discuss how online behaviors, and the structure of the online environment, might affect the cognitive development of adolescents. Popular concerns are discussed in light of the reviewed evidence, and remaining gaps in knowledge are highlighted.

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Implementing Eco-Innovation by Utilizing the Internet to Enhance Firm's Marketing Performance

Disruptive Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9273-0.ch062 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1290-1307

Author(s):

Vincent Didiek Wiet Aryanto ◽

Yohan Wismantoro ◽

Karis Widyatmoko

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Communication Technology ◽

The Body ◽

Natural Dyes ◽

Green Marketing ◽

The Internet ◽

Marketing Performance ◽

Body Of Knowledge

The aim of this study is to explore a proposition of eco-innovation internet-based approach to bridge the gap between market orientation and marketing performance of the batik SMEs in Indonesia. Batik is an Indonesian art of waxed hand painting on the textile by utilizing of natural dyes. The 250 questionnaires were distributed among the SMEs actors; however, 189 out of 250 questionnaires were valid to be further processed. This research has provided some empirical evidence that the approach of e-eco-innovation has a significant impact on marketing performance. Furthermore, market orientation also has a significant impact on both marketing performance and e-eco-innovation. Therefore, the adoption of ICT (Internet & Communication Technology) and eco-innovation may contribute not only to the body of knowledge of green marketing but also for the practice of green marketing amongst SMEs in developing countries.

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Internet-Based Citizen Participation

Digital Democracy ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1740-7.ch051 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1050-1069 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephen K. Aikins

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Citizen Participation ◽

The Internet ◽

Strategic Goals ◽

Chief Administrative Officers ◽

Government Websites ◽

Survey Responses ◽

Government Website

This chapter determines whether the deliberative features of local government websites reflect city officials’ beliefs and funding for Internet-based citizen participation. Although the Internet is argued to have interactive potential to bring citizens closer to their governments, empirical evidence suggests many governments have not taken advantage of this potential. A survey was sent to Chief administrative officers of municipalities with websites, and respondents’ government website contents were analyzed and audited against the survey responses. Findings from the audit reveal that in general, the deliberative features of local government websites reflect the beliefs and funding stated in the survey. The technique applied in this research could be a useful tool to investigate the degree of alignment between a government’s Internet website contents and its e-government strategic goals, policy requirements and priorities, etc.

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Reinforcement or Substitution? Internet and Protest across Different Autocracies

The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190918309.003.0009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 128-142

Author(s):

Nils B. Weidmann ◽

Espen Geelmuyden Rød

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Digital Communication ◽

Political Control ◽

The Political ◽

The Internet ◽

Political Arena ◽

Freedom Of Association ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Autocratic Regimes

Autocratic regimes differ in the extent of individual freedoms they grant their citizens. In particular, in some autocracies, citizens are allowed to form organizations, while in others, freedom of association is severely restricted. Does digital communication serve as an alternative means to mobilize, thereby bypassing traditional restrictions in autocracies? The book analyzes the effect of Internet penetration on protest across different national environments, to test if the effect varies across depending on existing strategies of autocratic rule. In particular, it distinguishes between two scenarios: reinforcement of traditional forms of authoritarian control, where the Internet is used to strengthen traditional repression, and substitution, where the Internet helps autocratic governments regain control they have given up by partly liberalizing the political arena. The chapter presents empirical evidence in support of the latter scenario, which suggests that the Internet helps autocrats maintain political control that they no longer have through institutional channels.

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