Internet self-efficacy, or the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute courses of
Internet actions required to produce given attainments, is a potentially important factor in efforts …

The advent of Web 2.0 technologies has enabled the efficient creation and distribution of
user-generated content (UGC), resulting in vast changes in the online media landscape. For …

Recent research explaining Internet usage has both extended and challenged the uses and
gratifications approach to understanding media attendance by discovering "new" …

Recent reports of problematic forms of Internet usage bring new currency to the problem of "media
addictions" that have long been the subject of both popular and scholarly writings. …

Several studies have applied uses and gratifications to explain Internet usage. Like Bandura’s
social-cognitive theory, the uses and gratifications framework explains media use in terms …

Internet addiction has been identified as a pathological behavior, but its symptoms may be
found in normal populations, placing it within the scope of conventional theories of media …

The Internet has the ability to function as a business medium. Over one-third of US residents
use the Internet, and nearly 40% use it as a medium of business (electronic-commerce). As …

Telephone surveys of single and married mothers of teenagers in public schools, mothers of
teenagers in religious schools, and mothers of homeschooled teenagers examined the …

Millions of Americans use the Internet as a resource for information, with a large proportion
seeking health information. Research indicates that medical professionals do not author an …

Wearable fitness technologies (WFT) track physical activity, such as steps taken, calories
burned and workout intensity, through a device that is typically worn at all times. While the …