Predictors of Internet Use

By Zizi Papacharissi, Alan M. Rubin. 2000

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Understanding the appeal of user-generated media: a uses and gratification perspective (2009, background): “Many scholars have identified control as a primary motivation for using the Internet (Flaherty et al., 1998; Papacharissi and Rubin, 2000), and individuals who have a strong internal locus of control may be especially susceptible to the allure of the Internet (Wallace, 1999).”
Cultural difference in motivations for using social network sites: A comparative study of American and Korean college students (2011, background): “It is also conceivable that the motives for using communication media, which are largely shaped by cultural contexts, influence the patterns of using the media (i.e., amount of use and duration of use) and attitudes toward the site (Garramone, Harris, & Anderson, 1986; Papacharissi & Rubin, 2000).”
Social Interaction and Co-Viewing With YouTube: Blending Mass Communication Reception and Social Connection (2009, methodology): “…2000; Kaye & Johnson, 2002; Papacharissi & Rubin, 2000; Wolfradt & Doll, 2001), information seeking (Ebersole, 2000; Kaye & Johnson, 2002; Papacharissi & Rubin, 2000; Sjoberg, 1999; Wolfradt & Doll, 2001), and passing time or alleviating boredom (Ebersole, 2000; Papacharissi & Rubin,…”
A Social Cognitive Theory of Internet Uses and Gratifications: Toward a New Model of Media Attendance (2004, background): “For example, Papacharissi and Rubin (2000) proposed interpersonal communication gratifications, recognizing that communication functions like e-mail and chatrooms are common modes of Internet usage.”
There’s an App for that: The Uses and Gratifications of Online Social Networks for Gay Men (2012, background): “Though definitions of social capital vary, the term generally refers to the value of social networks cooperating to achieve some sort of collective benefit (Putman 2000).”
Generational differences in content generation in social media: The roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism (2013, background): “H 2b Internet users who are more narcissistic will find content generation using social media more gratifying.”
The digital divide shifts to differences in usage (2014, neutral): “…services (Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi, 2000), between social, leisure and academic Internet use (Landers and Lounsbury, 2006), between technical, information exchange and leisure motives (Swickert et al., 2002) or between ritualized and instrumental use (Papacharissi and Rubin, 2000).”
A Survey of Personality Computing (2014, neutral): “All traits are correlated , to a statistically significant extent, with at least one of the dimensions adopted to represent the motivations behind the use of Internet [34].”
Social media adoption: The role of media needs and innovation characteristics (2015, background): “In addition, the construct of unwilling to communicate represents a tendency to avoid oral communication and has been identified as a motive for talk radio and Internet usage (Burgoon, 1976; Papacharissi & Rubin, 2000).”
What is eSports and why do people watch it? (2017, methodology): “UGT has especially been used within research in online contexts (LaRose and Eastin, 2004; Papacharissi and Mendelson, 2010; Papacharissi and Rubin, 2000; Whiting and Williams, 2013), including online games (Wu et al., 2010), Facebook ( Joinson, 2008), video streaming (Cha, 2014; Chiang and Hsiao,…”
Older Adolescents' Motivations for Social Network Site Use: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity, and Collective Self-Esteem (2009, positive): “15 Similar to Papacharissi and Rubin 8 and Ellison et al.’s 9 findings that those who felt less secure in face-to-face interaction were more likely to turn to the Internet for interactional purposes, those who reported a disconnect from their peer group were more likely to seek social compensation a”