Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online

This study tests antecedents and effects of time spent online in a random sample of senior level undergraduate students at a public university in Malaysia. The path analysis found that a perceived social integration predicted time spent online and opinion expression in public on one of the two issue...

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Main Author: Khan, Fazal Rahim
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2009
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spelling iium-68972011-11-21T16:18:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6897/ Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online Khan, Fazal Rahim H Social Sciences (General) H62 Study and teaching. Research This study tests antecedents and effects of time spent online in a random sample of senior level undergraduate students at a public university in Malaysia. The path analysis found that a perceived social integration predicted time spent online and opinion expression in public on one of the two issues in the study. Surveillance-social connectivity motives both mediated and moderated the social integration and time on online linkage. As an endogenous predictor, time spent on online predicted opinion expression on both the issues. Implications of these findings are discussed from the standpoint of the spiral of silence theory, and the Internet use literature. IIUM Press 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6897/1/Perceived_Social_Integration%2C_Motives%2C_Internet_Use%2C_and_Willingness_to_Express_Opinion_-_Antecedents_and_Effects_of_Time_Online.pdf Khan, Fazal Rahim (2009) Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online. In: Proceedings of the Seminar on Research Findings 2008. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 127-135. ISBN 9789833855780 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/Products/115-wwwgooglecom.aspx
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H62 Study and teaching. Research
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Khan, Fazal Rahim
Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
description This study tests antecedents and effects of time spent online in a random sample of senior level undergraduate students at a public university in Malaysia. The path analysis found that a perceived social integration predicted time spent online and opinion expression in public on one of the two issues in the study. Surveillance-social connectivity motives both mediated and moderated the social integration and time on online linkage. As an endogenous predictor, time spent on online predicted opinion expression on both the issues. Implications of these findings are discussed from the standpoint of the spiral of silence theory, and the Internet use literature.
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author Khan, Fazal Rahim
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title Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
title_short Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
title_full Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
title_fullStr Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
title_full_unstemmed Perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
title_sort perceived social integration, motives, internet use, and willingness to express opinion: antecedents and effects of time online
publisher IIUM Press
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6897/
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