‘The Impact of Culture on Tourists' Online Information Search Behaviour

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Michopoulou ◽  
Delia Gabriela Moisa
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Chinese Tourists ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chinese Travellers

This chapter looks into the concept of culture and its impacts on travellers' online information search behaviour. The study is focused on two culturally diametric countries: United Kingdom and China (Hofstede, 2001) and they have been selected as case studies, representing values from the Western and the Asian cultures. In order to examine the effects of culture on online search behaviours, the research adopted a qualitative approach, and data was collected through interviews in order to enhance and elaborate the understanding on the subject studied. The results of this study show that culture influences the travellers' behaviour in the online environment, up to a certain extent, and as a result of this influences, different behavioural patterns between the British and the Chinese travellers emerged. Moreover, these findings bring implications for the marketers aiming at the British and the Chinese tourists, and they highlight the need to adopt different strategies in designing and marketing their tourism products for these two particular markets.

scholarly journals How Children Gauge Information Trustworthiness in Online Search: Credible or Convenience Searcher?

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Noorhidawati Abdullah ◽  
Siti Khairatul Razifah Basar
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Important Criterion ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Information Trustworthiness ◽  
The Web

This study investigates children information search behaviour to inform about their search characteristics. The study uses a qualitative approach by observing and noting the children’s searching process. A total of 30 children aged 7-9 years participated in this study. The unobtrusively observation sessions were video-recorded on children's searching process via the Web. Probing interviews were used to gather understanding on how the children perceive information trustworthiness. The data was analysed using thematic coding approach. The finding highlighted two main characteristics of children search: Credible Searcher and Convenience Searcher. The children in general could gauge information trustworthiness and have confidence with regard to the relevance, reliability and the credibility of the resources. The children do not consider source reputation and currency as an important criterion when seeking information. This study contributes to a better understanding of information trustworthiness as reflected in young children’s information seeking processing.

The association between professional stratification and use of online sources: Evidence from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

2019 ◽  
pp. 016555151989051
Author(s):  
Simone Rosenblum ◽  
Kimberley R Isett ◽  
Julia Melkers ◽  
Ellen Funkhouser ◽  
Diana Hicks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
Dental Profession ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Different Levels

The use of online information sources in most professions is widespread, and well researched. Less understood is how the use of these sources vary across the strata within a single profession, and how question context affects search behaviour. Using the dental profession as a case of a highly stratified discipline, we examine search preferences for sources by professional strata among dentists in a practice-based network. Results show that variation exists in information search behaviour across professional strata of dental clinicians. This study highlights the importance of addressing information literacy across different levels of a profession. Findings also underscore that search behaviour and source preference vary with perceived question relevance.

A socio-technological model of search information divide in US cities

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Jin Park
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Search Information ◽  
Technological Model

PurposeThe purpose of the current study is to theorize and apply a socio-technological model – the powerful influence of social determinants in conditioning the effects of information attention on social outcomes. Fundamentally, this study is motivated by the idea that the social determinants of information flow can be used as a predictive tool to inform public socio-policy decisions.Design/methodology/approachThis study draws upon digital disparity literature and uses publicly available Google search queries in exploring online information attention and its relationships to the HIV/AIDS diffusion in US cities. This study’s secondary data collected from extant sources is used to draw attention to a holistic urban ecology under which online search attention represents the variation of information access at the aggregate level.FindingsThe main finding shows that online information attention, as indicated by search trend, is far from being a simple predictor, but operates in complex interactions with existing social environments. A bivariate correlation between AIDS information search and AIDS diffusion rate was found to be significant. However, predictive multivariate models displayed robust effects of social contextual variables, such as income level and racial composition of cities, in moderating the effect of online search information flow.Practical implicationsThe importance of these insights is discussed for reducing socio-health disparities at the macro-social level, and policymakers and health administrators are recommended to incubate supportive online infrastructure as an effective preventive measure at the time of a crisis.Originality/valueThe unique contribution of this study is the premise that looks at the aggregate-ecological contour of cities within which the potential benefits of information occur, instead of examining the isolated function of mediated information per se. In this vein, online information search, in lieu of the exposure to mass media message that is often measured via self-reported items, is a particularly unique and fruitful area of future inquiry that this study promotes.

scholarly journals DAMPAK E-MEDIA TERHADAP KENAKALAN PERILAKU SEKSUAL PADA REMAJA DI BATULICIN

Jurnal Ecopsy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robby Adrianie ◽  
Hemy Heryati Anward ◽  
Neka Erlyani
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Genital Organ ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Media Data

ABSTRAK Remaja dengan berbagai masalahnya dapat memunculkan berbagai perilaku berupa kenakalan remaja. Kenakalan remaja mengacu kepada suatu rentang perilaku yang sangat luas, salah satu bentuk kenakalan remaja adalah kenakalan perilaku seksual. Perkembangan e-media seperti terbukanya informasi memungkinkan mengakses berbagai macam informasi pornografi, yang tidak layak dikonsumsi oleh remaja. Bentuk informasi ini sulit dikontrol dan mudah didapat bahkan dikota kecil seperti Batulicin. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui dampak e-media terhadap kenakalan perilaku seksual pada remaja di Batulicin dan mengetahui bentuk-bentuk kenakalan perilaku seksual akibat e-media pada remaja di Batulicin. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif, dengan teknik studi kasus deskriptif yang bertujuan mengetahui dampak dan bentuk-bentuk e-media terhadap kenakalan perilaku seksual pada remaja di Batulicin. Subjek penelitian adalah 2 orang remaja SMA di Batulicin dan 1 orang remaja MA di Batulicin, berusia 15 sampai 21 tahun dan memiliki akses untuk menggunakan e-media. Teknik pengumpulan data penelitian ini menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi dan tes grafis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketiga subjek telah melakukan hubungan seksual diluar nikah. Penyebabnya karena beberapa faktor internal dan eksternal. Tidak adanya norma yang dimiliki untuk menyaring informasi menjadikan subjek terjerumus dan melakukan kenakalan perilaku seksual. Informasi yang didapat melalui teman dan e-media seperti HP, laptop dan TV untuk memutar video porno. Bentuk kenakalan perilaku seksual ketiga subjek adalah berpegangan tangan, necking (berciuman sampai daerah dada), meraba payudara dan alat kelamin, petting (saling menempelkan alat kelamin), membaca atau menonton berbau pornografi, melakukan hubungan seksual. Kata kunci: E-Media, Kenakalan Perilaku Seksual, Remaja ABSTRACT  Adolescents with a variety of problems can bring a variety of behaviors such as delinquency. Juvenile delinquency refers to a very wide range of behaviors, one of which is sexual behavior delinquency. The development of e-media information such as the open information enable the access to various kinds of pornography, which is not suitable for adolescents. This kind of information is difficult to control and easy to obtain even in a small town like Batulicin. The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of e-media on sexual behavior delinquency, and the forms of sexual behavior delinquency as a result of e-media in adolescents in Batulicin. The method used in this study was a qualitative approach, with a descriptive case study technique aimed at knowing the impact and forms of e-media on sexual behavior delinquency in adolescents in Batulicin. The subjects were 2 adolescents in SMA at Batulicin and 1 adolescent in MA at Batulicin, aged 15 to 21 years and having an access to e-media. Data were collected using techniques of observation, interview, documentation and graphical test. The results showed that all three subjects had sexual relations outside marriage. It was caused by several internal and external factors. The absence of norms to filter information made the subject fall in sexual behavior delinquency. The information were obtained through friends and e-media such as HP, laptop and TV playing porn videos. The forms of sexual behavior delinquency in three subjects were holding hands, necking (kissing up to the chest), touching breast and genital organ, petting, reading or watching pornography, and sexual intercourse. Keywords: E-Media, Sexual Behavior Delinquency, Adolescent

Online Search Behaviour of Seeking Support for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Its Impact on Unemployment Level of the United States: Evidence from Google Search Queries (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chamil W Senarathne ◽  
Wei Jianguo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Aggregate Data ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Google Search ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Age Category

BACKGROUND People have access to a massive volume of up-to-date health information processed by various search engines. Before seeing a doctor, people are used to seek information about identification and support available (e.g. doctors, support centers. forum discussions etc.) for their disorder/s online. Researchers have shown that Internet search queries contain much valuable information about the disequilibrium dynamics of various economics activities (e.g. employment, consumption). OCD as a disorder steals much of the valuable time, energy and effort in day-to-day work life and scholars argues that patients diagnosed with OCD may have higher unemployment rates and lower average income. Except for a handful of work examining the relationship between various disorders (e.g. cancer) and online search volume data, the direct linkage between online search behaviour of seeking support for OCD and unemployment in the United States has been completely ignored in the literature. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of online search behaviour of identifying and seeking support for OCD on unemployment level of the United States at aggregate data and age category level. METHODS This paper analyzes 50 closely related online search terms on identifying and seeking support for OCD from March 2006 to June 2019. Ordinary least squares technique is used to identify the significance of the impact of search behaviour on the unemployment levels of the United States. After screening for instrumentality, a reduced version of regression is derived after treating for multicollinearity among regression variables. In order to eliminate the effect of searches made by people other than employed people who have subsequently been unemployed, a diagnostic regression is run. RESULTS The findings show that online search behaviour of identifying and seeking support for OCD significantly impacts unemployment level of the United States at overall regression level (p<0.01, R^2=73%) and age category level regressions (p<0.01, average R^2=66%). Moreover, the diagnostic test confirms that the regression on aggregate data and age category level data properly explains the underlying relationship as hypothesized because the coefficient of Google search queries driven (the effect) by employed population is positive and highly significant in explaining the unemployment level of the United States (p<0.01, average R^2=90%). CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study are helpful for policymakers and regulators in providing useful inputs for designing and administering programms on prevention and counseling OCD diagnosed working population of the United States. In particular, this paper is helpful in identifying the age categories of male and female employed population who are searching and seeking support on OCD. The government institutions in the USA must utilize online search queries for effective analysis and identification of different age category of people who are in need of support. Since search query data are available at country-level and regional level, this could easily be done by IT rather than population surveys that are costly and time consuming.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGETAHUAN PEREMPUAN TERHADAP PERILAKU MELAKUKAN PERNIKAHAN USIA DINI DI KECAMATAN WONOSARI KABUPATEN BONDOWOSO

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Intan Arimurti ◽  
Ira Nurmala
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Low Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low K

One of the problems that still exist in Indonesia was e arly marriage. Early marriage was a marriage under years old 18 (UNICEF, 2014). Early marriage can be caused by many factors liked the k nowledge by women who do early age and her p arents. The purpose of this study was to analyze of k nowledge of women on the attitude of e arly marriage in Wonosari, Bondowoso District. This research was a descriptive research using qualitative approach, conducted in Wonosari, Bondowoso District. Researchers use a purposive way to determine the subject to be studied. Based on research results, low k nowledge of e arly marriage in women has a relationship with the low education of p arents, family, environment, mass media, experience about e arly marriage and the impact on health. Based on the results of the study could be concluded that the lower of  knowledge of women have higher attitude of tendency e arly marriage than higher k nowledge.

The Impact of Sociocultural Factors on Students’ ICT Information-Seeking Practices: Postgraduate Students’ Perceptions at a Zimbabwean University

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1 & 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bongani Ngwenya ◽  
Theuns Pelser
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of cultural differences on students’ information-seeking, management and evaluation practices in an online information and communication technology (ICT) environment. The study was conducted at a Zimbabwean university on postgraduate students (male and female) (N=156), employing the questionnaire technique as data collection instrument. While there is a dearth of empirical studies on the use of ICT in Zimbabwe, the extant literature in this field shows a significant difference between the success and failure in the use of ICT sources for learning purposes among students in developing and developed countries. This study is premised on the proposition that “information seeking” is socioculturally bounded and the successful use of online information sources is significantly linked to the students’ perceptions of particular ICT platforms and how they are configured to facilitate specific information search outcomes. After the data collection process, the computer analysis software programme, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), was employed to obtain the cross-tabulations and chi-squared statistical tests. The main findings of the study show a statistically significant difference in students’ information-seeking practices. The study identified the importance of students’ cultural contexts in the successful use of ICT and concludes that cultural differences influence online information-seeking practices among students. The study recommends that the impact of cultural differences be considered when students are introduced to the use of ICT as an information-seeking tool and suggests that future studies, both qualitative and quantitative, be pursued to improve students’ information-seeking practices to enhance their success.

Activity-based market segmentation of rural well-being tourists

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juho Antti Pesonen ◽  
Anja Tuohino
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Search For Information

Providing well-being and wellness services are growing trends in tourism. Well-being tourism has considerable potential as well with respect to tourism in rural areas. The objective of this article is to study well-being tourists as a heterogeneous market segment via activity-based segmentation in rural areas. Their online information search behaviour is compared to that of other market segments to ensure that the various segments can be targeted online and to elaborate upon the information search behaviour of various activity segments. Using cluster analysis, three different rural tourist segments can be identified in Finland based on their well-being activities. The results show the possibilities for activity-based segmentation in understanding the preferences for well-being services. The study demonstrates that the various rural well-being activity segments differ from each other based on socio-demographics and in how they use the Internet to search for information, book their holidays and write online reviews. All of these differences have managerial implications when it comes to developing rural well-being products, and they also demonstrate the possibilities for activity segmentation in rural well-being tourism.

scholarly journals VERBAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT AMONG STUDENTS IN NAZARETH AND MECHANISMS TO REDUCE IT, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SPECIALITS AND COUNSLERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
Nasser Najib Lutof KHOURY
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to identify the reality of verbal sexual harassment in the cyberspace of Tawjihi students from the point of view of specialists and counselors. The researcher used the qualitative approach, and the study population consisted of a random sample of 30 specialists and counselors. The researcher used the interview as a study tool, which consisted of two (2) questions. The first paragraph includes questions about the spread of the phenomenon, consisting of (4) areas (definition, spread, causes, technology), and the second paragraph on the mechanism of reducing it, consisting of (6) areas (education, family - parents, school curriculum, authority institutions ,victims of the phenomenon, groups of the influence). After using the interviews and analyzing them, the results of the study showed that the estimates of the sample members have linked education and verbal sexual harassment, so that the relationship was inverse, that is, the greater the awareness of the lack of verbal sexual harassment. in favor of females. This study also dealt with the impact of the Corona epidemic on the spread of this phenomenon in a very wide way, in the years 2018-2020. The recommendations came to the need to monitor budgets by the authority, to hold courses and workshops throughout the year, to establish an educational and deterrent committee, to include the subject of verbal sexual harassment in the school curriculum, to monitor its implementation throughout the year, and to listen to the reactions of students and parents after the end of the first semester of the year, It is the application of education curriculum of sexual harassment over the network‎.

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