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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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Main Authors: De Rycker, Antoon, Yang, Nicole Lai Fong, Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean, Ponnan, Ramachandran
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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T Technology (General)
Online Access: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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spelling my.uum.repo.209582017-02-15T01:29:51Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/20958/ Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects De Rycker, Antoon Yang, Nicole Lai Fong Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean Ponnan, Ramachandran T Technology (General) 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. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/20958/1/shsconf_icome2017%201%207xxxii.pdf De Rycker, Antoon and Yang, Nicole Lai Fong and Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean and Ponnan, Ramachandran (2017) Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects. In: International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference (i-COME’16), 18th - 20th September 2016, Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173300066 doi:10.1051/shsconf/20173300066
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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language English
topic T Technology (General)
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
De Rycker, Antoon
Yang, Nicole Lai Fong
Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean
Ponnan, Ramachandran
Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
description 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author De Rycker, Antoon
Yang, Nicole Lai Fong
Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean
Ponnan, Ramachandran
author_facet De Rycker, Antoon
Yang, Nicole Lai Fong
Lee, Catherine Cheng Ean
Ponnan, Ramachandran
author_sort De Rycker, Antoon
title Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
title_short Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
title_full Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
title_fullStr Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
title_full_unstemmed Internet use among urban Malaysians: network diversity effects
title_sort internet use among urban malaysians: network diversity effects
publishDate 2017
url 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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