Intensity Of Internet Usage Research Articles

Zillennials, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence: A Survey on West Java’s Digital Natives

Today’s rapid digital and artificial intelligence development has a significant impact on the lives of generation Z, also known as Zillennials. This study is part of the research initiative taken by the Indonesian Association of Communications Scholars of West Java Region (ISKI Jabar) , and aims to identify and map trends in the usage of social media and artificial intelligence among the region's Zillennials. The survey was conducted on 515 respondents aged 12-27 years, covering aspects of device utilization, intensity of internet and social media use, and perceptions of AI. Based on the study's findings, West Java Zillennials had a high level of device ownership and internet usage intensity, reaching 93% with an average daily duration of 5-6 hours. Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter have emerged as the primary social media platforms for Generation Z, substituting Facebook's previous supremacy. The integration of AI, particularly Google Assistant and ChatGPT, is increasingly becoming prevalent in everyday life, mostly employed to assist with work and academic assignments, as well as for information retrieval. Although most Zillennials display excitement towards the utilization of AI, their technical comprehension of AI classifications and functionalities remains restricted. The findings have significant implications for understanding the influence of technology on the lives of Zillennials. They also emphasize the importance of enhancing media literacy skills to properly embrace the digital and artificial intelligence era.

Is Too Much Time on the Internet Making us Less Satisfied with Life?

The Internet’s profound impact on society, communication, and the global economy is undeniable. Despite the studies on Internet adoption and frequency of use, little attention has been given to the intensity of usage as measured by the time spent online. In highly developed countries like the European ones, bridging the access gap is nowadays less relevant, as almost everyone has Internet access. Instead, the focus should be on analysing usage intensity to uncover new digital disparities among different groups and understand potential impacts on individuals' subjective well-being (SWB).This study aims to deeply examine Internet usage time, its socioeconomic determinants, and its effects on SWB using data from the European Social Survey (ESS) spanning from 2016 to 2020–22 in 21 European countries. We seek to answer two research questions: (1) How do individuals' characteristics influence Internet usage intensity? (2) What is the impact of Internet usage intensity on individuals' SWB?Our findings show inequalities in Internet usage time driven by individuals' socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics. Traditionally disadvantaged groups, both offline and online, exhibit lower Internet usage time, consistent with the existing literature on the digital divide. As for the effect of intensity of Internet use on SWB, after accounting for individuals' characteristics and addressing Internet's endogeneity, we found a negative and significant relationship between Internet usage intensity and life satisfaction, especially for the most intensive internet users.

Tackling Cyclicity in Causal Models with Cross-Sectional Data Using a Partial Least Squares Approach: Implications for the Sequential Model of Internet Appropriation

Working with SEM and cross-sectional data, and depending on the studied phenomenon, assuming an acyclic model may mean that we obtain only a partial view of the mechanisms that explain causal relationships between a set of theoretical constructs, given that variables are treated as antecedents and consequences. Our two-step approach allows researchers to identify and measure cyclic effects when working with cross-sectional data and a PLS modelling algorithm. Using the resources and appropriation theory and the sequential model of internet appropriation, we demonstrate the importance of considering cyclic effects. Our results show that opportunities for physical access followed by digital skills acquisition enhance internet usage (acyclic effects), but also that internet usage intensity, in reverse, reinforces both digital skills and physical access (cyclic effects), supporting Norris (Digital divide: civic engagement, information poverty, and the internet worldwide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001) social stratification hypothesis regarding future evolution of the digital divide.

Prediction of internet addiction among high school students in a rural Southern Karnataka, India-A cross-sectional study.

According to the World Health Organization, there is an explosion in the use of electronic devices, the internet, and gaming platforms. In many countries, it is a significant public health concern, prompting calls to identify adequate public policy. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among high school students and to assess the relationship between the internet addiction level of high school students and their demographic features with internet use. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 424 high school children studying in eighth standard-tenth standard. Among 121 public and private high schools listed by the BEO (Block Education Officer) Office in Kolar Taluk four high schools were selected by lottery method from July 2021 to August 2021. The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Young was used to assess the intensity of internet usage. The mean IAT score of study participants was 29.6. The mean age of the study population was 14.4 ± 0.84 years. The odds of internet addiction among female students were 4.5 times higher than among male students. The majority (91.5%) of the students had used the internet for educational purpose and the other common reasons for internet usage is social media (43%), entertainment (43%), and gaming purpose (21%). The prevalence of IA among high school students is 14.6% with the moderate-risk population was 12.5% and the high-risk population was 2.1%. Students using the internet for both academic and non-academic purposes were more internet addicted. The real challenge is to have control over the usage of social sites-the amount of time being spent and the type of activities adolescents are doing online.

Associations Between Medical Students' Opinions on Usage of Internet Services and Digital Teaching Tools

"Currently, the educational process must integrate new tools, to keep pace with technological progress. Our paper aims to investigate the extent to which the preferences of medical students for the autonomous use of multimedia resources in the learning process are correlated with their opinions towards the Internet and the intensity of using it in their daily activities. Methods: We investigated 395 medical students from 4 medical universities in Romania, 75.9% females, and 88.8% in the 1st and 2nd years of study. Students were asked to express on Likert-scales their agreement with a list of statements about Internet services, as well as whether they like learning using multimedia tools and how intensively they use Internet services. Results: The students agree to a medium to large extent with the favorable statements about Internet services but are also aware of the negative influences that indiscriminate use of such technology can have. The intensity of Internet usage is high, although not exaggerated. With small exceptions, the students who enjoy using multimedia resources during the learning process have also favorable opinions about Internet services, and use them constantly, mainly for information and instant messaging on social networks."

Internet Usage among Senior Citizens: Self-Efficacy and Social Influence Are More Important than Social Support

For more than two decades, developed countries have been confronted with two trends that have implications for the emergence of engaging senior citizens in the digital environment. On the one hand, there is an increasing proportion of senior citizens in the total population. On the other hand, the application of ICT in all areas of life and business is accelerating. This paper investigates the relationship between self-efficacy, social support, and social influence on Internet usage among senior citizens in Croatia. Survey research was conducted on a sample of Croatian senior citizens, and a structural equation mode was developed for testing the research hypothesis. Self-efficacy influenced both the Intensity and obstacles of Internet usage in a positive and negative manner, respectively. Social influence directly decreased the obstacles to Internet usage, while the relationship with the Intensity of the Internet was indirect through self-efficacy. Social support had only an indirect association with Intensity of Internet usage. Results have relevant implications for programmes aiming to enhance Internet usage among senior citizens, which should focus on the educational programmes fostering perceived self-efficacy of Internet usage among senior citizens.

The effect of broadband Internet on the gender gap in mental health: Evidence from Germany.

Mental health disorders are among the leading causes of disease burden worldwide. Recently, attention has been drawn to the Internet and social media as determinants of the increase in mental health conditions in recent years. In this paper, I analyze the causal effect of broadband Internet access on the mental health of adults. I leverage confidential information on the coordinates of respondents to the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and exploit technological features of the German telecommunication network to instrument for broadbandInternet access. The results are suggestive that broadband Internet leads to worse mental health for women (primarily those aged 17-30) but not for men, thus widening the gender gap in mental disorders. Looking at sub-facets of mental health, broadbandaccess leads to a worsening of socializing behavior and ability to cope with emotional problems. The fact that the results are concentrated among the younger cohorts of women is suggestive that high Internet usage intensity amplifies the negative effect of broadbandinternet access on mental health.

A Study On Customer Satisfaction in E-Retailing with Special Reference to Consumer Electronics and Appliances: An Analytical Research on Indian Perspective

A Study On Customer Satisfaction in E-Retailing with Special Reference to Consumer Electronics and Appliances: An Analytical Research on Indian Perspective

THE RELATIONSHIP INTENSITY OF USE OF INTERNET WITH SOCIAL IMPACT ADOLESCENTS IN STUDENTS / CLASS VIII SMP 02 JASINGA IN 2018

Background: Adolescents according to World Health Organitation (WHO) (2013) are age groups10-19 years. Adolescence consists of three obvious subfases, namely early adolescence (ages 11 to14 years), middle adolescence (ages 15 to 17 years) and late adolescence (ages 18 to 20 years). Inadolescents, gradually, physical, mental, mental, psychological, and social and emotionalmaturity will arise. (2)Research Objective: to find out the correlation between the intensity of internet usage and thesocial impact of adolescent students in SMP 02 Jasinga Tahun 2018.Research Methods: This study is an analytical survey with a cross sectional approach. Thepopulation of this study was 30 students in SMP 02 Jasinga with a total sampling technique.Research Results: The results of this study can be seen that from 30 respondents, 14 respondents(46.7%) students / i the intensity of internet use is not often positive as many as 4 respondents andthe negative ones as many as 14 respondents. And the intensity of internet usage is often positiveas many as 9 respondents then the negative ones are 3 respondents with a value of p Value 0.004.Conclusion: There is a correlation between the intensity of internet usage and the social impact ofadolescents in SMP 02 Jasinga Tahun 2018.

Cooperative flow regulation protocol for real-time and non-real-time applications over satellite network

In current times, the intensity of Internet usage has been on a relentless rise, in pace with the release of numerous real-time applications like video transmission and non-real-time applications. Due to high error channels, the end-users will observe poor quality video over satellite network. The applications are competing themselves to inject their traffic into the network and hence end users get unfair shares of the bandwidth for the video transmissions. Also, the high transmission rate of video applications affects traditional Internet applications like e-mail. TCP-friendly rate control (TFRC), TFRC-satellite and multiple TFRC streams (MulTFRC), which are intended to provide congestion control, error control and increase bandwidth (BW) utilization respectively, may fail over the satellite networks with high error rate and high congestion. Besides, these connection-oriented protocols increase the applications overhead. In this paper, we present a cooperative flow regulation protocol (CFR), which provides fair access to both real-time and non-real-time applications, over networks with high congestion and high error. Verification of the proffered approach, by simulations, show that the CFR protocol reduces the loss of video frames by 30–40%, compared to DCCP and MulTFRC, and 50–60% compared to user datagram protocol (UDP) traffic, without compromise of the video quality.

Evidence on the use of internet for businesses by MSEs in a Developing Country. The Indonesian case

This study aims to examine the development of Indonesian micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in utilizing the internet for their businesses. This is a descriptive study in nature, which analyses secondary data on MSMEs. It also reviews key literature on the use of ICT by MSMEs in developing countries. It shows that MSMEs, dominated by MSEs, have been the main player in Indonesian domestic economic activities as they accounted for more than 90 per cent of all firms and contributed to more than 50 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). But, only a small fraction of total MSEs in Indonesia that utilize the internet for business, and the intensity of internet usage by MSEs varies by province and type of business. This is the first macro-level study ever conducted in Indonesia on the use of internet by MSEs based on national data from 2016 Economic Census conducted. Thus, findings of this study may add new empirical evidence to the literature on the utilization of ICT by MSMEs in developing countries.

Micro and Small Industries and the Use of Internet: Findings from Indonesian

This study aims to examine the development of Indonesian micro and small enterprises in the manufacturing industry (called micro and small industries/MSIs) in utilizing the internet for their businesses. By nature, this is a descriptive study, which analyses secondary data. It also reviews key literature on the use of ICT by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries. It shows that MSMEs, dominated by micro and small enterprises (MSEs), has been the leading player in Indonesian domestic economic activities as they accounted for more than 90 percent of all firms and contributed to more than 50 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). But, only a small fraction of these enterprises in Indonesia that utilize the internet for business, and the intensity of internet usage varies by province and type of business. This is the first macro-level studyever conducted in Indonesia on the use of the internet by MSEs across sectors based on national data from the 2016 Economic Census conducted and data on the 2016 survey on MSEs in the manufacturing industry (MSIs). Thus, the findings of this study may add new empirical evidence to the literature on the utilization of ICT by MSMEs in developing countries.

Features of Media Multitasking in School-Age Children.

The paper addresses the phenomenon of media multitasking that is being widely spread among children and adolescents in the context of digital socialization. The previous research has revealed its strong connection with cognitive control, executive functions, and academic performance, yet the specificity and efficacy of media multitasking performance, especially among children while they carry out usual activities, remains insufficiently studied. A quasi-experimental study, including digital tasks of various types on a computer and smartphone, the dots task for executive functions, and a socio-psychological questionnaire, was conducted with the participants of three age groups: 7–10, 11–13, and 14–16 years old (N = 154). The results indicate that media multitasking is connected not with sex, but age; the older the participants are, the more likely they tend to work in a multitasking mode. Furthermore, preference for multitasking has been found to be positively related to higher user activity. Although the total task performance rate is insignificantly lower in the multitasking group as compared to the non-multitasking one, a significant negative effect of media multitasking on total performance time was revealed. The results of the study that indicate a strong connection of media multitasking with the intensity of Internet usage, cognitive functions, and performance time, suggest its considerable role in social and cognitive functioning of children and adolescents.

The effect of the Internet on corruption awareness and corruption incidence in the EU

It is obvious that the Internet connection brings several unquestionable benefits to people and society. However, not all of them can be seen at first sight. This study examines the potential effect of Internet usage on corruption awareness as well as experience with corruption and actual reporting of corruption cases. We conducted mainly IV probit and 2SLS regression based on the data from the Eurobarometer survey. We have found that intensity of Internet usage seems to be a significant factor affecting respondents’ knowledge about where to report the corruption. Internet usage appears to have a positive effect on the accuracy of corruption extent estimation in a country. Moreover, our results strongly suggest that those using the Internet frequently are more likely to report experiences of corruption. In line with this result, promoting of Internet usage and enabling Internet access can be seen as a potential anti-corruption tool. Our findings have several important implications for anti-corruption and bribery policies. Due to the fact that the initial installation cost proves to be the essential problem, the effective strategy should also include the subsidies for Internet access.

Impact of bridging the Internet gap on public revenue mobilization

This paper contributes to the existing literature on the macroeconomic impact of Internet development by investigating how, for a given country, the reduction of the gap between its intensity of Internet usage and the world average Internet usage intensity influences its public revenue mobilization. The analysis covers 164 countries (including both developed and developing countries) for the period 1995–2013, and uses non-resource tax revenue as the measure of public revenue. The analysis was undertaken for the full sample as well as for several sub-samples, using the Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) approach. The empirical results for the full sample suggest that when a country reduces the aforementioned gap, it experiences, over the short to medium term, a rise in non-resource tax revenue. The results also show that low-income countries (LICs) obtain the biggest positive impact by reducing this gap.

Understanding travellers’ preferences for different types of trip destination based on mobile internet usage data

New mobility data sources like mobile phone traces have been shown to reveal individuals’ movements in space and time. However, socioeconomic attributes of travellers are missing in those data. Consequently, it is not possible to partition the population and have an in-depth understanding of the socio-demographic factors influencing travel behaviour. Aiming at filling this gap, we use mobile internet usage behaviour, including one’s preferred type of website and application (app) visited through mobile internet as well as the level of usage frequency, as a distinguishing element between different population segments. We compare the travel behaviour of each segment in terms of the preference for types of trip destinations. The point of interest (POI) data are used to cluster grid cells of a city according to the main function of a grid cell, serving as a reference to determine the type of trip destination. The method is tested for the city of Shanghai, China, by using a special mobile phone dataset that includes not only the spatial-temporal traces but also the mobile internet usage behaviour of the same users. We identify statistically significant relationships between a traveller’s favourite category of mobile internet content and more frequent types of trip destinations that he/she visits. For example, compared to others, people whose favourite type of app/website is in the “tourism” category significantly preferred to visit touristy areas. Moreover, users with different levels of internet usage intensity show different preferences for types of destinations as well. We found that people who used mobile internet more intensively were more likely to visit more commercial areas, and people who used it less preferred to have activities in predominantly residential areas.

Does bridging the Internet Access Divide contribute to enhancing countries' integration into the global trade in services markets?

This paper examines the impact of countries' distance between their Internet usage and the world' average of the Internet usage intensity on their integration into the world market of trade in commercial services. Using an unbalanced panel dataset of 175 countries over the annual period 2000–2013, the empirical analysis indicates that the narrowing of the Internet-related distance would improve countries' integration into the world trade in commercial services market. Furthermore, it helps those countries that are geographically far from the world market to compensate for the adverse effect of this geographical distance on their integration into the world market of trade in commercial services.

Relative demand for highly skilled workers and use of different ICT technologies

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the relationship between several indicators of ICT usage and digitalization and the relative demand for highly skilled workers. The data are based on two-digit industry-level information on seven European countries for the period 2001–2010. For manufacturing industries, static fixed-effects models show that the share of employees with internet broadband access, the diffusion of mobile internet access and the use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and automatic data exchange combined with electronic invoicing are all significantly and positively related to skill intensity in the industries observed. For service industries, only mobile internet usage intensity is significant. Specifically for manufacturing, a 10-point increase in the percentage of firms using ERP systems is associated with an increase in the share of highly skilled workers by 0.4 percentage points. These estimates indicate that the increase in ERP system usage during the period studied accounted for 30% of the increase in the share of workers with a tertiary degree across manufacturing industries and countries. The results are robust with respect to the estimation method and the potential endogeneity of ICT.

Abstracts of the 2nd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, March 16-18, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.

Background and Aims: A relatively large body of studies reported bivariate associations between sociodemographic variables (e.g., age), intensity of internet usage (e.g., hours spent online) and internet addiction (IA). However, only few actually employed more robust statistical approaches (e.g., path analysis) to understand these complex relationships and their possible causal pathways. In the present study, a full structural equation modelling (SEM) model using year of first use of the internet and hours of internet usage per week as mediators of the relationship between age and IA was devised. Methods: A total of 1,105 internet users (Mage= 33; S.D. = 12.31), 36.7% (n = 405) from the US, 30.4% (n = 336) from India, 24.6% (n = 272) from the UK, and 8.3% (n = 92) from other countries were recruited online. In addition to collecting sociodemographic information, participants filled out a newly developed brief measure of IA based on the DSM-5 criteria. Results: After analyzing the full SEM model, partial mediation presented the best overall fit for the data (Satorra-Bentler scaled Δχ2 = 114,62; Δdf = 1; p < .0001), with year of first use of the internet and the hours per week spent surfing mediating the relationship between age and IA. Furthermore, the present model accounted for 18% of the variability in IA. Conclusions: Although diagnosing IA on grounds of non-standardized criteria is not correct from a methodological standpoint, the variables here analyzed may play an important role in the development of IA.

Determinants of Internet use for interactive learning: an exploratory study

Abstract The use of the Internet in higher education teaching can facilitate the interactive learning process and thus improve educational outcomes. The aim of the study presented here is to explore which variables are linked to higher intensity of Internet-based interactive educational practices. The study is based on data obtained from an online survey of students from three different types of universities: a face-to-face university (University of Barcelona, UB), a technological face-to-face university (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech, UPC), and a virtual university (Open University of Catalonia, UOC). The data analysis shows that students who indicate high levels of benefit from Internet usage are those who use it most for interactive learning processes. It also shows the existence of other variables that, regardless of benefit, are linked to the intensity of Internet usage for interactive teaching-learning processes.