scholarly journals Life Satisfaction Of The Internet And Non-Internet Users In Thailand

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
Orose Leelakulthanit
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Domains Of Life ◽  
The Way

Life satisfaction is conceptualized in this study according to the psychological and spiritual characteristics, satisfaction with various domains of life, and the demographic characteristics of individuals living in Thailand. Adult Internet users and non-Internet users in Thailand were interviewed. The Internet users were found to be more satisfied with their lives than the non-Internet users. Multiple regression analyses were conducted and the results showed that the Internet users value optimism, personal health, and self positively, whereas consumption of goods was valued negatively. The non-Internet users value optimism, internal locus of control, and family positively, whereas being moderate and social life were valued negatively. Furthermore, it was found that the Internet users felt they could live their lives in the way they valued, except for the aspect of the consumption of goods. Non-Internet users, on the other hand, felt that they were not able to live their lives in the way they valued, except for the aspect of family and social life.

scholarly journals The Drivers of the Life Satisfaction of Pro-environment and Non-pro-environment People

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Orose Leelakulthanit
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Domains Of Life

Happiness or life satisfaction tends to be the ultimate goal of human beings. It is the intention of this study to investigate the factors influencing the life satisfaction of pro-environment and non-pro-environment people. The data were collected from interviews with 320 adults, who were equally divided into pro-environment and non-pro-environment adults of at least 18 years of age and that had come to the randomly-selected shopping centers in Bangkok. The life satisfaction of the people, regardless of their environmentally-friendly attitude, was assumed to be driven by the personal characteristics of optimism and internal locus of control, and the domains of life of family, personal health, self-actualization, and material possessions, as well as the altruistic and biospheric values of being nature lovers. The results from the t-test suggested that pro-environment people are likely to be more satisfied with their lives than non-pro-environment people. Moreover, the multiple regression analysis indicated that the life satisfaction of the pro-environment people was positively influenced by the biospheric value of being a nature lover, self-actualization, and age, and was negatively influenced by education. The pro-environment people that were never married were more satisfied with their lives than those that were married. Finally, the life satisfaction of the non-pro-environment people was positively triggered by the personal characteristics of optimism and having an internal locus of control, as well as the domain of life of personal health and age.

Should You Believe Wikipedia?

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy S. Bruckman
Keyword(s):  
Online Collaboration ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Way

As we interact online we are creating new kinds of knowledge and community. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as sources of information? In other words, Should we believe Wikipedia? This book explores what community is, what knowledge is, how the internet facilitates new kinds of community, and how knowledge is shaped through online collaboration and conversation. Along the way the author tackles issues such as how we represent ourselves online and how this shapes how we interact, why there is so much bad behavior online and what we can do about it. And the most important question of all: What can we as internet users and designers do to help the internet to bring out the best in us all?

CAPTCHAs

2011 ◽  
pp. 220-246
Author(s):  
Deapesh Misra
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Deep Roots ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Malicious Intent ◽  
Established Firm ◽  
The Way

The Internet has established firm deep roots in our day to day life. It has brought many revolutionary changes in the way we do things. One important consequence has been the way it has replaced human to human contact. This has also presented us with a new issue which is the requirement for differentiating between real humans and automated programs on the Internet. Such automated programs are usually written with a malicious intent. CAPTCHAs play an important role in solving this problem by presenting users with tests which only humans can solve. This chapter looks into the need, the history, and the different kinds of CAPTCHAs that researchers have come up with to deal with the security implications of automated bots pretending to be humans. Various schemes are compared and contrasted with each other, the impact of CAPTCHAs on Internet users is discussed, and to conclude, the various possible attacks are discussed. The author hopes that the chapter will not only introduce this interesting field to the reader in its entirety, but also simulate thought on new schemes.

Business to Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce Decade Evolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Drigas ◽  
Panagiotis Leliopoulos
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
B2c Electronic Commerce ◽  
The Way

This paper is a review on Business to Consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce) and it studies its evolution over the last decade. The Internet characteristics that affect B2C are the Internet growth, which at first includes the number of Internet users and secondly, the infrastructure, which is basically the quality and speed of the lines. Moreover, the way the Internet growth has affected the B2C e-commerce growth over the last ten years is studied in three major countries-areas. The USA because it is an Internet developed country with vast e-commerce sales, China because it is a rapidly developing Internet country with a large number of users and fast e-commerce activity growth in the last decade and finally, the European Union, because of its diversity in Internet and e-commerce growth. This paper focuses on the aforementioned three geographic areas and extracts its conclusions from the observations of B2C behavior growth in these areas.

scholarly journals Internet Addiction among Undergraduate Students: Evidence from a Malaysian Public University

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosliza A.M. ◽  
Ragubathi M.N. ◽  
Mohamad Yusoff M.K.A ◽  
Shaharuddin M.S.
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Public University ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Internet Users

Introduction: Internet addiction is an increasingly worrying phenomena affecting people globally especially the youths. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of internet addiction among undergraduate students in a Malaysian public university and its associated factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 322 undergraduate students, identified through cluster sampling was conducted using a pretested, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire includes socio-demography, use of information technology gadgets and internet usage. Internet Addiction test (IAT) was used to identify internet addiction. Data was analysed using SPSS version 22. Results: From 322 respondents, 25 (7.8%) were categorised as addictive internet users, while 182 (56.5%) were problematic internet users. The commonest online activity includes social networking (86.6%), entertainment (77.3%) and educational purposes (77.0%). From multivariate analysis, problematic and addictive internet use was significantly more common among male students (AOR=2.47, 95% CI [1.43, 4.26]), those who received study loan (AOR=1.93, 95% CI [1.10, 3.39]) and other types of funding (AOR=3.95, 95% CI [1.59, 9.80]) compared to those on scholarships, and those who spent between four to ten hours a day accessing the Internet (AOR=2.43, 95% CI [1.13, 5.23]) compared to those using the Internet for two hours or less a day. Conclusion: The prevalence of problematic and addictive internet use among respondents were higher compared to previous researches among Malaysian adolescents. It is recommended that an awareness programme on responsible use of the internet be conducted to prevent students from becoming addicted which may impact negatively on their educational performance and social life.

scholarly journals Internet addiction among vocational students in Çanakkale; Example of Biga Vocational SchoolÇanakkale’de meslek yüksekokulu öğrencileri arasında internet bağımlılığı; Biga Meslek Yüksekokulu örneği

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Ayten Dinç ◽  
Ayşin Aşkın
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Internet Users

Internet addiction is an important problem especially for the younger generation in today's technology. This study is to investigate internet addiction among vocational students in Çanakkale. Without using the sample selection, 266 students, who were at school at the time of the study and agreed to participate in the study, were included in the study. The data were collected by using the Form of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Internet Addiction Test. 68.8% of the students connected to the internet via their mobile phones.  69.6% of them use the internet every day. They connected to the internet for averagely 8.2±7.2 hours. 54.5% of the students were normal internet users, 42.1% were risky internet users and 3.4% were internet addicted.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.Özetİnternet bağımlılığı, günümüz teknolojisinde özellikle genç nesil için önemli bir sorundur. Bu araştırmada Çanakkale'de bir meslek yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin internet bağımlılığı durumu incelenmiştir. Örneklem seçimine gidilmeden, araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 266 öğrenci çalışma kapsamına alınmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında sosyo-demografik özellikler formu ve internet bağımlılık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin %68,8’i internete cep telefonlarından bağlanmaktadırlar. Öğrencilerin %69,6'sının interneti her gün kullandığı görülmektedir. Günde ortalama 8,2±7,2 saat internet kullanmaktadırlar. Öğrencilerin %54,5'inin normal internet kullanıcısı, %42.1'inin riskli internet kullanıcısı, %3.4 ünün ise bağımlı internet kullanıcısı olduğu saptanmıştır. 

WEB 2.0, Social Marketing Strategies and Distribution Channels for City Destinations

2010 ◽  
pp. 221-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Sigala
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
People Search ◽  
The Way

During the last decades, the use of Web 2.0 applications for the generation, dissemination, and sharing of user-generated content (UGC) and the creation of new value added services are enormous. Web 2.0 tools have tremendously changed the way people search, find, read, gather, share, develop, and consume information, as well as on the way people communicate with each other and collaboratively create new knowledge. UGC and Web 2.0 are also having a tremendous impact not only on the behaviour and decision- making of Internet users, but also on the e-business model that organizations need to develop and/or adapt in order to conduct business on the Internet. Organizations responsible to market and promote cities on the Internet are not an exception from these developments. This chapter aims to inform city tourism organizations responsible for the development of city portals about (a) the use of the major Web 2.0 tools in tourism and their impact on the tourism demand and supply; and (b) the ways and practices for integrating the use of Web 2.0 into their e-business model and e-marketing practices.

scholarly journals Social Media-Related Cybercrimes and Techniques for Their Prevention

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tariq Rahim Soomro ◽  
Mumtaz Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
World Population ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The People

Abstract Since a past decade, social media networking has become an essential part of everyone’s life affecting cultural, economic and social life of the people. According to internetlivestats.com, in March 2019 the Internet users reached 4 168 461 500, i.e., 50.08 % penetration of world population. According to Statista, in 2019 there are 2.22 billion social media networking users worldwide, i.e., 31 % of global social media networking penetration and it is expected that in 2021 this number will reach 3.02 billion. These social networking sites are attracting users from all walks of life and keeping these users’ data in the cloud. Today’s big challenge is related to an increase in volume, velocity, variety and veracity of data in social media networking, and this leads to creating several concerns, including privacy and security; on the other hand, it also proves as a tool to prevent and investigate cybercrime, if intelligently and smartly handled. The law enforcement agencies are putting their utmost efforts to prevent cybercrime by monitoring communications activities over the Internet. In this paper, the authors discuss recommendations and techniques for preventing cybercrime.

WEB 2.0, Social Marketing Strategies and Distribution Channels for City Destinations

2010 ◽  
pp. 1280-1304
Author(s):  
Marianna Sigala
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
People Search ◽  
The Way

During the last decades, the use of Web 2.0 applications for the generation, dissemination, and sharing of user-generated content (UGC) and the creation of new value added services are enormous. Web 2.0 tools have tremendously changed the way people search, find, read, gather, share, develop, and consume information, as well as on the way people communicate with each other and collaboratively create new knowledge. UGC and Web 2.0 are also having a tremendous impact not only on the behaviour and decision-making of Internet users, but also on the e-business model that organizations need to develop and/or adapt in order to conduct business on the Internet. Organizations responsible to market and promote cities on the Internet are not an exception from these developments. This chapter aims to inform city tourism organizations responsible for the development of city portals about (a) the use of the major Web 2.0 tools in tourism and their impact on the tourism demand and supply; and (b) the ways and practices for integrating the use of Web 2.0 into their e-business model and e-marketing practices.

WEB 2.0, Social Marketing Strategies and Distribution Channels for City Destinations

2011 ◽  
pp. 1249-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Sigala
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
People Search ◽  
The Way

During the last decades, the use of Web 2.0 applications for the generation, dissemination, and sharing of user-generated content (UGC) and the creation of new value added services are enormous. Web 2.0 tools have tremendously changed the way people search, find, read, gather, share, develop, and consume information, as well as on the way people communicate with each other and collaboratively create new knowledge. UGC and Web 2.0 are also having a tremendous impact not only on the behaviour and decision-making of Internet users, but also on the e-business model that organizations need to develop and/or adapt in order to conduct business on the Internet. Organizations responsible to market and promote cities on the Internet are not an exception from these developments. This chapter aims to inform city tourism organizations responsible for the development of city portals about (a) the use of the major Web 2.0 tools in tourism and their impact on the tourism demand and supply; and (b) the ways and practices for integrating the use of Web 2.0 into their e-business model and e-marketing practices.

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