Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy

This research study utilized the framework of digital inequality proposed by DiMaggio and Hargittai (2001) to examine the relationships among the subdimensions of Internet inequality and their outcomes. We firstly investigated the relationships between constructs of technical apparatus, autonomy of...

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Main Authors: ZHAO, Ling, LU, Yaobin, HUANG, Wayne N., QIU-HONG WANG
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-42292016-09-23T01:42:11Z Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy ZHAO, Ling LU, Yaobin HUANG, Wayne N. QIU-HONG WANG, This research study utilized the framework of digital inequality proposed by DiMaggio and Hargittai (2001) to examine the relationships among the subdimensions of Internet inequality and their outcomes. We firstly investigated the relationships between constructs of technical apparatus, autonomy of use, availability of social support, variation of use at different locations of Internet access.(school, home, Internet cafe, and combinations of these locations) and Internet self-efficacy (ISE). Then the relationships between ISE and high school students' exploratory behavior and academic were also investigated. The survey was developed from reliable instruments used in previous research to measure the following variables: Internet Self-Efficacy, Internet accessibility at home and school, exploratory behaviors, academic performance, study use, leisure use, parents influence, superior influence, and training support. Internet access at the Internet cafe, gender, and self-reported academic achievement were added to the student survey.Bivariate correlation and regression statistical analyses were conducted to find significant relationships among these variables. ANOVA statistical analysis was used to find significant differences among groups. Significant findings indicated that digital inequality in Internet existed in school, home and Internet cafe and students with Internet access at home had the highest level of ISE.Our study also showed that different dimension of Internet inequality had different relationships with ISE. Home Internet accessibility positively related to ISE. Availability of social support from school had a greater effect than that from home as parents influence did not associate with ISE. And last, the variation of use was also related to ISE. Leisure use at Internet cafe, leisure use at home and study use at home positively associated with ISE. In addition, at home and Internet cafe, the relationship between leisure use and ISE was stronger than that between study use and ISE. As to the outcome of ISE, high levels of ISE were positively related to exploratory behaviors, and for those students who used the Internet at school and home, higher ISE related to better academic performance. 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3227 info:doi/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.010 Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Country-specific developments Distance education and telelearning Public spaces and computing Secondary education Computer Sciences Education
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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topic Country-specific developments
Distance education and telelearning
Public spaces and computing
Secondary education
Computer Sciences
Education
spellingShingle Country-specific developments
Distance education and telelearning
Public spaces and computing
Secondary education
Computer Sciences
Education
ZHAO, Ling
LU, Yaobin
HUANG, Wayne N.
QIU-HONG WANG,
Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
description This research study utilized the framework of digital inequality proposed by DiMaggio and Hargittai (2001) to examine the relationships among the subdimensions of Internet inequality and their outcomes. We firstly investigated the relationships between constructs of technical apparatus, autonomy of use, availability of social support, variation of use at different locations of Internet access.(school, home, Internet cafe, and combinations of these locations) and Internet self-efficacy (ISE). Then the relationships between ISE and high school students' exploratory behavior and academic were also investigated. The survey was developed from reliable instruments used in previous research to measure the following variables: Internet Self-Efficacy, Internet accessibility at home and school, exploratory behaviors, academic performance, study use, leisure use, parents influence, superior influence, and training support. Internet access at the Internet cafe, gender, and self-reported academic achievement were added to the student survey.Bivariate correlation and regression statistical analyses were conducted to find significant relationships among these variables. ANOVA statistical analysis was used to find significant differences among groups. Significant findings indicated that digital inequality in Internet existed in school, home and Internet cafe and students with Internet access at home had the highest level of ISE.Our study also showed that different dimension of Internet inequality had different relationships with ISE. Home Internet accessibility positively related to ISE. Availability of social support from school had a greater effect than that from home as parents influence did not associate with ISE. And last, the variation of use was also related to ISE. Leisure use at Internet cafe, leisure use at home and study use at home positively associated with ISE. In addition, at home and Internet cafe, the relationship between leisure use and ISE was stronger than that between study use and ISE. As to the outcome of ISE, high levels of ISE were positively related to exploratory behaviors, and for those students who used the Internet at school and home, higher ISE related to better academic performance.
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author ZHAO, Ling
LU, Yaobin
HUANG, Wayne N.
QIU-HONG WANG,
author_facet ZHAO, Ling
LU, Yaobin
HUANG, Wayne N.
QIU-HONG WANG,
author_sort ZHAO, Ling
title Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
title_short Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
title_full Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
title_fullStr Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
title_full_unstemmed Internet Inequality: The Relationship between High School Students' Internet Use in Different Locations and their Internet Self-efficacy
title_sort internet inequality: the relationship between high school students' internet use in different locations and their internet self-efficacy
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3227
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