Increasing Use Of Internet Research Articles

EBEVEYNİN GÜVENLİ İNTERNET SAĞLAMA YETERLİLİĞİ ÖLÇEĞİ (EGİSYÖ): GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

The concept of providing a safe internet refers to an attempt to prevent and protect against the damages that may come from any possible harmful content, person and entities in the internet environment. Nowadays in the face of increasing internet use, it is important for individuals who have children to provide safe internet use to their children in terms of preventing their children from being psychologically and socially affected negatively. Therefore, it is very important to develop a scale in order to see the competence of parents in providing safe internet. Purpose of this study is to develop Parent's Safe Internet Providing Competency Scale and to examine its validity and reliability. This research was conducted on a total of 422 participants, 289 females and 133 males, aged between 18 and 59. In process of developing this scale, a 23-item pool was created first and then these items were examined in terms of their grammar, intelligibility, and whether they really measure recognition in couple relationships, and a 20-item application form was obtained in the end. Corrected item-total correlation coefficients were calculated for item analysis of scale. Construct validity of scale was examined by exploratory factor analysis and its reliability with Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient. Validity and reliability analyzes were made with SPSS 18. As a result of exploratory factor analysis applied for construct validity of scale, a one-dimensional and 20-item measuring tool with an eigenvalue of 11.3 was obtained explaining % 57 of total variance. KMO sample fit coefficient of scale was found to be .96. Factor loads of scale were ranged between .59 and .84. Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient was found to be .96. Corrected item-total correlation coefficients of scale range from .55 to .82. These results show that scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

Most orthopaedic trauma patients are using the internet, but do you know where they're going?

PurposeThe Internet is a resource that patients can use to learn about their injuries, treatment options, and surgeon. Previously, it was demonstrated that orthopaedic trauma patients are unlikely to use a reliable, provided source. It is unknown however, if patients are seeking information from elsewhere. The purpose of this study was to determine if orthopaedic trauma patients utilize the Internet and what websites are utilized. Our hypothesis was that the majority of patients use the Internet and when they do, are unlikely to use a reliable source. MethodsOrthopaedic trauma patients were surveyed in clinic at a Level I trauma center in the United States. The survey queried demographics, injury information, Internet access, and eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS). Data were analyzed using t-tests, Chi-squared tests, and a multivariate logistic regression, as appropriate. Results138 patients with a mean age of 47.1 years (95% confidence interval: 44.0-50.3; 51.1% female) were included in the analysis. Despite 94.1% reporting access, only 55.8% of trauma patients used the Internet for information about their injury. Of those, 64.5% used at least one unreliable source. WebMD (54.8%) was the highest utilized website. Age, sex, employment, and greater eHEALS score were associated with increased Internet use (p<0.001). ConclusionThe Internet has potential to be a useful, low cost, and readily available informational source for orthopaedic trauma patients. This study illustrates that a majority of patients seek information from the Internet after their injury, including unreliable websites like Wikipedia and Facebook. Our study emphasizes the need for active referral to trusted websites and initiation of organizational partnerships (e.g. OTA/AAOS) with common content providers (e.g. WebMD) to provide patients with accurate information about their injury and treatment. Level of evidencePrognostic, Level II

Predictors of parental mediation in teenagers\u2019 internet use: a cross-sectional study of female caregivers in Lahore, Pakistan

BackgroundThe internet has become the most widely used medium among teenagers, who spend much of their time online, which raises parental concerns. Notwithstanding teens’ increased internet use and exposure to online risks, little is yet known about parental internet mediation in local settings. The present research aimed to assess the various dimensions of parental mediation to regulate teens’ use of the internet and their predictors.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in the district of Lahore, Pakistan, among mothers/female caregivers of teens (aged 13–19 years). Only women were interviewed because they are more frequently engaged as primary caregivers than fathers or male caregivers. Furthermore, only qualified and working mothers from the top two professions among women, i.e. academia and medicine, were interviewed. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted, and 347 mothers were interviewed using face-to-face interviews at 11 universities and 11 hospitals/medical colleges. Data were entered and analysed using descriptive, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.ResultsThe findings highlighted that more than 65% of respondents applied highly active mediation of internet safety, around 60% used highly active co-use mediation and more than 56% applied restrictive mediation. In addition, 36% of respondents monitored and 15.3% technically mediated to regulate their teens’ use of the internet. The results of the multivariate logistic regression revealed that the majority of respondents were more inclined to adopt active internet safety mediation if they had teens aged 16–19 years, with medium internet addiction, possessed good digital skills, felt confident about their teens’ coping appraisal to perform online protection, and considered their teens to have high self-esteem and resilience.ConclusionsThis research found that parental internet mediation is a multifaceted concept used to regulate teens’ online activity and enhance a resilient approach to reduce the risks associated with use of the internet. The researchers recommend developing parental guidelines, e-safety resource material, local support networks and community programmes to educate parents, teachers and teens in order to raise awareness and promote resilient pathways amongst teens.

Insights Into the Delivery of Personalized Nutrition: Evidence From Face-To-Face and Web-Based Dietary Interventions.

Prevention strategies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a global priority as it has been estimated that NCDs will account for around 73% of worldwide mortality by the year 2020. The adoption of diets that are low in saturated fat, free sugars, and red and processed meats and higher in unsaturated fats, wholegrains, fruit, and vegetables have been shown to reduce the risk of NCDs. With increasing internet use, several nutrition interventions are now being conducted online as well as face-to-face, however it is unclear which delivery method is most effective. Although a consumer preference toward face-to-face dietary advice delivery has been identified previously, interest in delivering web-based dietary advice, and in particular personalized nutrition (PN), has been rising, as internet delivery may be less costly and more scalable. This review compares published face-to-face and web-based dietary interventions to give insight into which dietary method might be more effective for PN. In total, 19 peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials were identified for inclusion in the review. The majority of face-to-face nutrition interventions were successful at facilitating dietary change. Results from web-based nutrition interventions suggested that personalized web-based nutrition interventions may be successful at inducing short-term dietary change compared to standardized dietary interventions, however, minimal evidence of long-term impact has been found across both delivery methods. Results of a trial that compared face-to-face with web-based diet intervention found significantly greater dietary changes in the face-to-face group compared to web-based and control groups. Further controlled comparative studies and cost-benefit analysis are needed to assess whether web-based methods can be used in place of face-to-face interventions for achieving dietary change.

The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use

The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use

A New Approach to Construct (K, N) Threshold Secret Sharing Schemes Based on Finite Field Extension

With increase in use of internet there is need to keep passwords, secret keys, important information secret. One way to do this is encryption. But it also need key which should be kept secure. Sometimes key is secure. But what will happens if the key is lost, forgotten etc. This problem can be solved using secret sharing. Instead of sharing whole secret, it is divided into pieces and distributed to finite set of pieces and some subset of pieces called access structure of scheme, which can recover secret. Here we propose a new way to construct threshold secret sharing schemes based on finite field extension using Blakley's secret sharing as a base. It is useful in many cryptographic applications and security. Because of finite fields the size of numbers stays within a specified range, doesn't matter how many operations we apply on number.

Public health challenges and initiatives in problematic internet use

With the increase in Internet use across the world, there has also been an increase in the prevalence of problematic Internet use. There are various challenges in addressing the same – the addictive nature of Internet, lack of standard or uniform definition making its measurement or comparability across studies difficult, lack of national epidemiological studies that can help to direct resources based on the need, lack of awareness among the general public, challenges in restricting access of Internet to children and adolescents, and the commercial interests of gaming and gambling industries. The various initiatives to address problematic Internet use can be divided into supply reduction measures, demand reduction measures, and harm reduction measures, similar to that in the case of substance use disorders. Supply reduction measures focus on reduction in the availability or accessibility of Internet for children and adolescents. Harm reduction measures focus on regulating the age appropriateness of content of gaming or other Internet-related material provided to children, as well as restriction on the information that can be obtained from children. Demand reduction measures include promoting responsible use or healthy use of Internet as part of education for schoolchildren, and establishment of treatment centers for treatment of patients with problematic Internet use. India still has a long way to go in all these three arms of public health initiatives to curb the problem of Internet addiction.

Age-Cohort Differences in Longitudinal Associations Between the Rate of Internet Use and Memory Functioning

Cross-sectional analyses of internet use patterns among older adults find that the rate of internet use is less with greater physical and memory difficulties. It is not clear, however, how age-cohorts differ in their internet use as physical and memory difficulties increase over time. In addition to factors such as increasing accessibility (cost) and social influences, the expansion and cognitive complexity of functions performed by the internet-enabled devices over time could influence internet use patterns. In this study, we investigate how the association between internet use and episodic memory difficulties over time varies between cohorts. We analyzed longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 15,703 in 2002; Aged 51 and older) between years 2002-2016 using mixed effects logistic regression models. Immediate and delayed word recall measures were used to assess episodic memory. Rate of internet use in the sample increased from 30% in 2002 to 53% in 2016. Rate of internet use among younger age groups was significantly higher in the baseline year. Younger age groups also showed a significantly higher rate of increase in internet use over time. In general, internet use decreased with episodic memory impairment. In addition to these effects, the effect of episodic memory on the rate of increase in internet use over time is lower in younger cohorts. These results indicate that younger cohorts of older adults are more likely to maintain internet use as they continue to age and therefore could better utilize technology for communication, social interactions and health interventions.

Rural and Non-Rural Digital Divide Persists in Older Adults: Internet Access, Usage, and Perception

Despite the overall increase in Internet use among older adults, the digital divide within older Americans remains substantial. This trend is particularly true for older adults living in rural areas. Informed by the Social Determinants of Health Framework, our study aims to examine how one’s residential area relates to (1) Internet Access, (2) subtypes of usage patterns, and (3) perceptions on technology use. Cross-sectional data were drawn from the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The sample consisted of 18,196 older adults aged 50 and above (47.6% rural residents). A series of linear and logistic regression analyses were performed. Our models controlled for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and health conditions. Compared to older adults living in urban areas, those residing in rural areas had 29% lower odds of internet access. Living in rural areas predicted lower levels of all sub-types of technology use (communication, financial, health, and media technology). In addition, non-users in rural areas showed more unfavorable perceptions of technology than urban residents. They were more likely to conceive technology as “too complicated”, “too hard to learn”, and “too difficult to keep up with all changes.” Our findings suggest that substantial segments of older adults in rural areas are still behind in accessing and adopting digital technology. Targeted intervention efforts are urgently needed to reduce technology inequality including comprehensive plans to expand broadband access and building mobile technology infrastructure for rural communities.

Political Capital in the 21st Century: An Electoral Theory of Going Public and Private

This paper advances the study of presidential/executive leadership by considering the ability of presidents to cheaply use personal grassroots lobbying organizations, such as GOP Team Leader, or Organizing for America/Organizing for Action (OFA), to mobilize their core constituencies for policy purposes using the Internet and associated digital tools. Presidential grassroots lobbying organizations (PGLOs) may be used to advance the president's policy objectives by mobilizing primary voters and activists to send signals to legislators about the organizational capital which may be used to support allies (or undermine opponents) in future elections. Under the assumption that PGLO activity will be more common when such grassroots lobbying emails will be more cost-effective, we argue that grassroots lobbying will be more common under unified government, following a president's last congressional election, and with increased Internet use, but decrease as federal elections approach in the first six years of a president's term. We find support for these hypotheses in data obtained from grassroots lobbying emails sent by Organizing for America/Organizing for Action to members since early 2009. These findings illustrate the strong potential for PGLOs to help presidents exert leadership within their parties, but the limitations of digital tools when targeting opposition legislators.

Analysis of Skin Color on the American Academy of Dermatology Public Education Website.

Access to health information online has resulted in increased internet use to !nd medical education resources.1,2 The United States (US) population is comprised of 60.1% Whites, 18.5% Hispanics or Latinos, 13.4% Blacks or African Americans, with trends toward increasing diversity. Our objectives were to analyze skin color distributions on the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) public education website.

The Public Health Impact of Coronavirus Disease on Human Trafficking.

The global pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 exacerbates major risk factors for global human trafficking. Social isolation of families and severe economic distress amplify the risk of interpersonal violence, unemployment and homelessness, as well as increased internet use by under-supervised children. Aggravating the situation are overwhelmed health systems, severe limitations in activities of social service organizations, and decreased contact of healthcare professionals with children. Healthcare professionals have a duty to be alert to possible indicators of trafficking, and aware of available victim resources which can be offered to at-risk patients. Healthcare facilities should take steps to increase public awareness of trafficking and community resources.

Data Encryption and Decryption Techniques for a High Secure Dataset using Artificial Intelligence

The science of extracting patterns, trends, and actionable data analysis detail of large data sets. The growing existence of data in different county’s servers with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data formats, such as the data. The demands of these are not met by conventional IT infrastructure, a modern landscape of "Data Analysis." For these reasons, several companies are turning to as a possible solution to this unmet commercial business, Hadoop (open-source projects). The amount of data collected by organizations, especially unstructured data, as businesses burst, Hadoop is increasingly emerging as one of the primary alternatives to store and execute operations on that data. The secondary question of data analysis is defense, the rapid increase in internet use, the dramatic shift in acceptance of people who use social media apps that allow users to generate content freely and intensify the already enormous amount of the site. In today's firms, there are a few stuff to bear in mind when starting innovation ventures for big data and analytics. In the business environment, the need for secure data analytics tools is mandatory. In the previous paper, they implemented a high profile dataset using the encryption technique. Using only the encryption method, cannot secure data very highly. There is a chance of knowing the original data to the third party. To reduce the above issues, the paper introduces a new technology called “Artificial intelligence". Using this new technology, paper can achieve more security for data sets. Using both encryption and decryption models in artificial intelligence can solve the drawback in an existing paper. This will provide the data with either a significant degree of authentication analyzed to ever be. The provision of data analytics is pursued with attribute-based restricts Data extraction allows enabled. This model will work better than the present model. In both security and sensitive economic restructuring, data analytical tools.

Changes in Internet Use When Coping With Stress: Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ObjectiveTo explore older people's use of the Internet for coping with stress posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsAn online survey with a random sample of 407 Internet users aged 60 years and over (Mean = 69.14). ResultsParticipants reported a significant increase in 7 of 12 Internet-based functions following the pandemic onset. Stress levels were moderate-to-high and participants appeared more worried about others than about themselves. Significant positive associations were found between stress and increase in Internet use for interpersonal communication and online errands. Linear regression analysis revealed a significant negative association between stress and subjective wellbeing, but it was only increased Internet use for leisure that associated significantly with enhanced wellbeing. ConclusionThe changes in Internet use clearly reflected coping efforts that were apparently ineffective in enhancing wellbeing. Paradoxically, the only online functions that could improve wellbeing, Internet use for leisure, are precisely those whose use hardly increased.

The Cyclic Value-Context Reinforcement Model of Problematic Internet Use: Empirical Validation Using a Thematic Analysis of Children's Counseling Data.

BackgroundResearch on problematic internet use has focused on devising diagnostic criteria or describing the factors that influence internet overuse. However, a paradigm shift is necessary in studying the phenomenon of increased internet use not just from a pathological point of view but also from a developmental point of view that considers children’s behavior of adapting to a technology-oriented society.ObjectiveIn this paper, we propose the Cyclic Value-Context Reinforcement Model (CVCRM) to understand problematic internet use behavior. The purpose of our study was to construct a developmental process model that provides a holistic understanding of problematic internet use behavior of children and to empirically validate the proposed model by conducting a thematic analysis on actual counseling data.MethodsTo validate the CVCRM, we conducted thematic analysis using the counseling data from 312 Korean children aged 7-18 years. For the coding process, 7 master’s and doctoral student researchers participated as coders, and 2 professors supervised the coding process and results.ResultsThis project was funded from October 2015 to September 2019 to analyze counseling data from 312 children who participated in counseling sessions during January 2012 to May 2014. Based on the data analysis, we present the CVCRM, which integrates existing theoretical approaches and encompasses the 3 interacting aspects that induce and reinforce problematic internet use in children: psychosocial value, environmental context, and internet utility. Specifically, using counseling data, we empirically ascertained that problematic internet use behavior feeds into children’s psychosocial values and environmental contexts, which in turn facilitates problematic internet use in a cyclical manner.ConclusionsThrough this empirical validation, the CVCRM can provide a theoretical framework and an integrated perspective on the developmental mechanism of problematic internet use behavior of children.

Consumer Perception Towards Online Home Services

Information technology is playing a major role in boosting the business. Increase in use of internet and mobile services has led to the emergences of new avenues. Home services industry is one of the latest industries in tapping the opportunity of E-commerce. The advancement of information technology has reformed the life of the customers in satisfying their needs at their doorsteps. Further, the busy lifestyle of the customer is further triggering the customers to avail the services right on demand. Hence, this paper deals with research and analysis about consumer’s perception towards booking home services online. Questionnaire was distributed to 100 respondents in a random way for the purpose of collecting data. The purpose of the study is to identify the major factors influencing online behavior of a consumer. The study reveals that the customers look for friendly apps, response given from the company, vendor’s availability, vendor-customer relationship, quality services, and delivery performance. The study revealed that there is no relationship between the response of the company and the delivery performance.

Clickbait Headline in News of Online Prostitution Case

The increase of internet use triggers online media industry to compete for attracting readers. One of the ways is using the clickbait headline in the news. The clickbait is a catchy headline that attracts the readers to click on the news. This study aims to look at the tendency of clickbait title patterns in criminal news, namely online prostitution cases. The research method is quantitative content analysis. The news that will be examined is the news of Vanessa Angel's online prostitution case on Tribunnews.com for the period of January to June 2019. The result shows that Tribunnews.com applies the pattern of the clickbait headline in Vanessa Angel's news.

Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Youth: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

AbstractCyberbullying perpetration (CP) and victimization (CV) are prevalent issues in adolescent development. However, previous meta-analyses focused only on cross-sectional findings. The present study aims to meta-analytically summarize 56 longitudinal studies on CP, CV, and related factors in children and adolescents. Forty meta-analyses on CP and CV as both predictors and outcomes of person-related, Internet activity-related, and contextual factors were performed. Additional moderator analyses took into account study design, sample population, and quality of the studies. Results highlight reciprocal longitudinal effects among CP, CV, and both traditional bullying and victimization: CP causes externalizing problem behaviors over time, whereas CV constitutes a risk factor of internalizing problems, such as depression and anxiety. Conversely, behavioral problems and increased Internet use predict involvement in CP, while depression, anxiety, and Internet use also predict CV over time. Further longitudinal research is needed to provide empirical evidence on understudied concepts.

Tourists’ Travel-Related Information Search Channels

ABSTRACT The increase in Internet use for travel-related information search has elicited considerable attention from scholars. However, prior studies on the channels that tourists use for such a search and the impact of Internet experience as a crucial factor on tourists’ online information search behavior are limited. Thus, this study investigates the diverse channels for travel-related information search from the perspective of consumers by conducting a questionnaire survey among Generation Y respondents. Then, the impact of Internet use on tourists’ perception is analyzed through cluster analysis and one-way ANOVA. Results show that international online travel agencies are perceived as the most important channel for searching hotel information. Meanwhile, social media sites are perceived as the most important channel for searching travel information (e.g., destination selection).

Banken im Wandel der Digitalisierung: eine empirische Studie (Digitization in Retail Banks: An Empirical Study)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results on the challenges facing universal banks in a digital world. The study is based on a survey of more than 100 leading German and Swiss banks and management consultancies. The current business model of universal banks is obsolete. New technologies, increasing internet use and changing customer behavior, are leading to the emergence of new business fields. FinTechs are the drivers of financial innovation. The universal banks cooperate with FinTechs in various forms. The banks are facing hurdles to digitization.