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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| author | Rycker, Antoon De Yang, Nicole Yang Lai Lee, Cheng Ean Catherine * Ramachandran, Ponnan |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | sunway-4702023-08-07T07:42:20Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/470/ Internet use among urban Malaysians: Network diversity effects Rycker, Antoon De Yang, Nicole Yang Lai Lee, Cheng Ean Catherine * Ramachandran, Ponnan HM Sociology 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. 2016-09-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/470/1/Lee%20Cheng%20Ean%202.pdf Rycker, Antoon De and Yang, Nicole Yang Lai and Lee, Cheng Ean Catherine * and Ramachandran, Ponnan (2016) Internet use among urban Malaysians: Network diversity effects. In: International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference, September 18-20 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.shs-conferences.org/component/issues/?task=all&Itemid=121 |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Rycker, Antoon De Yang, Nicole Yang Lai Lee, Cheng Ean Catherine * Ramachandran, Ponnan Internet use among urban Malaysians: Network diversity effects |
| title | 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_short | Internet use among urban Malaysians: Network
diversity effects |
| title_sort | internet use among urban malaysians: network
diversity effects |
| topic | HM Sociology |
| url | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/470/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/470/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/470/1/Lee%20Cheng%20Ean%202.pdf |