Children internet usage: opportunities for self development
Children are spending more and more time on the Internet. Are there any opportunities from such exposure to the Internet? This study looks at six types of children positive use of the Internet to measure opportunities gain by children. These are: information, communication, entertainment, participat...
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| author | Omar, Siti Zobidah Daud, Azlina Hassan, Md. Salleh Bolong, Jusang Teimmouri, Misha |
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| description | Children are spending more and more time on the Internet. Are there any opportunities from such exposure to the Internet? This study looks at six types of children positive use of the Internet to measure opportunities gain by children. These are: information, communication, entertainment, participation, creativity and expression. The descriptive analysis of data on children ages 9 to 16 years showed that most children in Malaysia are enjoining opportunities on the Internet through information searching, communication and entertainment activities. Children's online opportunity is inter-related with their availability and capability of the Internet technology. If children enjoy i.e. if there are available Internet technologies with high speed user interface connectivity, children will be more disposed to use the Internet for self development. |
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| spelling | upm-367832015-12-01T09:11:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36783/ Children internet usage: opportunities for self development Omar, Siti Zobidah Daud, Azlina Hassan, Md. Salleh Bolong, Jusang Teimmouri, Misha Children are spending more and more time on the Internet. Are there any opportunities from such exposure to the Internet? This study looks at six types of children positive use of the Internet to measure opportunities gain by children. These are: information, communication, entertainment, participation, creativity and expression. The descriptive analysis of data on children ages 9 to 16 years showed that most children in Malaysia are enjoining opportunities on the Internet through information searching, communication and entertainment activities. Children's online opportunity is inter-related with their availability and capability of the Internet technology. If children enjoy i.e. if there are available Internet technologies with high speed user interface connectivity, children will be more disposed to use the Internet for self development. Elsevier 2014-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36783/1/Children%20internet%20usage%20opportunities%20for%20self%20development.pdf Omar, Siti Zobidah and Daud, Azlina and Hassan, Md. Salleh and Bolong, Jusang and Teimmouri, Misha (2014) Children internet usage: opportunities for self development. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 75-80. ISSN 1877-0428 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.259 |
| spellingShingle | Omar, Siti Zobidah Daud, Azlina Hassan, Md. Salleh Bolong, Jusang Teimmouri, Misha Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title | Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title_full | Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title_fullStr | Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title_short | Children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
| title_sort | children internet usage: opportunities for self development |
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