Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
This study examines social network diversity in urban areas relative to residents’ usage of information and communication technologies (ICTs).Individual-level variation in social network diversity was measured using position generator data collected as part of a survey conducted in Malaysia’s Klang...
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| التنسيق: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| اللغة: | English |
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2017
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/20958/1/shsconf_icome2017%201%207xxxii.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/20958/ http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173300066 |
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| الملخص: | This study examines social network diversity in urban areas relative to residents’ usage of information and communication technologies
(ICTs).Individual-level variation in social network diversity was measured using position generator data collected as part of a survey conducted in Malaysia’s Klang Valley (N = 808). Regression analyses were performed to assess the extent to which network diversity is related to ICTs.We find that most ICTs have a negative effect on diversity Only frequent use of the Internet at work, mobile access to the Internet, and reading online news or blogs contribute positively to diversity.Findings support both a tendency
toward ‘networked individualism’ and the more recent ‘glocalization’ thesis that some ICTs may also afford participation within local space
rather than only across distant space. |
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