Internet Filter Use In ACL Libraries

Will Internet filters deliver us from evil or are they a necessary evil? Are Christian colleges using Internet filters? If so, which filters? What roles are Christian librarians assuming in this decision-making process

An exploration of flow during Internet use

Several authors have suggested that the concept of flow is useful for understanding consumer behavior in computer mediated environments, (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990; Trevino and Webster, 1992; Hoffman and Novak, 1996)

The Use of Internet for English Teachers Professional Development

This research aims to investigate (1) what kind of information that participants access from the internet to support their professional developement, (2) the common online facilities they use, and (3) teachers challenges while accesing the internet. A descriptive study is conducted to depict the research findings by inviting 33 english teachers as participants. The data revealed that (1) participants mostly had positive response on the use of the internet. In general, their frequency in using internet is above 70%. (2) For the online facilities identification, social network was informed as the most popular channel among participants. In the contrary, online journal was reported as the most unfamiliar channel around them.. In the last part, (3) 66.67% participants agreed that intrinsic incentive such as time management was the main problem they encountered while accessing the internet

Use of the Internet at Major Life Moments

Presents findings from a survey conducted in January 2002. Looks at the role the Internet played at fifteen different types of milestones or major events in the lives of Internet users during a two-year period

Jihad online : how do terrorists use the internet?

Terrorism is designed to attract attention to the terrorist's cause and to spread fear and anxiety among wide circles of the targeted population. This paper provides information about the ways terrorists are using the Internet. The threat of terrorism is real and significant. As the Internet becomes a major arena for modern terrorists, we need to understand how modern terrorism operates and devise appropriate methods to forestall such activities

Computer Use and Internet Use by Members of Rural Households

The share of rural and small town individuals with a computer at home increased from 14 percent in 1989 to 23 percent in 1994. The largest increase was for individuals with at least high school graduation and for individuals in households with total income above $40,000. In 1989, 12 percent of rural and small town residents used a computer at work. This increased to 17 percent in 1994. However, 40 percent of rural and small town individuals were impacted by the introduction of computers at work. Two-thirds noted that computers caused an increase in skill level needed to do their job. In 1997, at least one individual in 29 percent of rural households had used computer communications at least once (from any location). In 10 percent of rural households, one person uses computer communication in a typical month from home. General browsing and e-mail were the most common uses with electronic banking and shopping being much less common. Only 3 percent of rural households report using computer communications in a typical month for a self-employed business.Farm Management, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

The Use Analysis of Internet Banking Among SMEs Entrepreneurs

The increasing number of financial transaction activities resulted in a need of the fast, safe and efficient transaction.The increasing number of financial transaction activities resulted in people to require a payment means that was fast, safe and efficient in making transactions. Internet banking as one of the modern financial transaction means offered many conveniences in the activities. We investigated the factors that influenced the interests that had an impact on the behavior of SMEs in using internet banking. The samples of this research were 129 SMEs entrepreneurs who used internet banking in Salatiga. By using TAM modification namely Trust and Risk in Technology Acceptance Model (TRiTAM) and also actual system USAge variable, we found that pertinence perception, convenience perception, attitude, and trust were factors that affected interest and affected the behavior of internet banking USAge in transaction activities. The implication of this research was that the relationship among trusts, risk, and technology acceptance model with transaction behavior and internet banking could be mediated by customer interest. Abstrak JEL Classification: G41, G21DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v22i3.1798

The Internet Use and Community Involvement in Tehran Iran

This is exploring the impact of the internet on local community involvement in Tehran, Iran. It investigates how the internet changes community involvement and argues that the Internet has created new forms of community involvement instead of local community involvement. This study has employed quantitative research methods. The sample for this research was drawn from the population of Internet users, namely people who accessed and used the Internet in Tehran, Iran. The results of the study indicate that there was no significant correlation between the amount of Internet use and local community involvement. People who spend more time online (high Internet user) do not have a greater local community involvement than people who use Internet less of the time. By contrast in terms of type of Internet use and social capital the study found that people who used the Internet for local news and reading newspapers online were more involved in the local community. The study illustrated that the Internet encourages people to some extent to become involved in the national or global community.nbs

Cell internet use 2013

Nearly two thirds of US cell phone owners use their phone to go online, and one in five cell owners do most of their online browsing on their phone.These are findings from a national telephone survey conducted April 17-May 19, 2013 among 2,252 adults ages 18 and over, including 1,127 interviews conducted on the respondent’s cell phone.  Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.  The margin of error for all cell phone owners (n=2,076) is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.  The margin of error for cell phone owners who go online using their phone (n=1,185) is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points