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Purpose – This paper seeks to understand how users determine credibility in the internet environment from a conceptual … level and the implications of these new methods of credibility determination on internet tools (primarily software) and … internet for information, using electronic commerce as a starting point. The central concept of “information self …
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whether use of the internet displaces use of the public library. This survey aims to explore how the use of the internet is … author also studies which factors in addition to internet use predict the use of public libraries for these purposes. Design … internet is positively associated with the use of public libraries. Those using the internet tend also to use the public …
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Purpose To date, health information behaviour (HIB) models have not been applied to an exploration of Wikipedia as a consumer health information resource. Wikipedia has been situated and is well established as a valuable resource for the general layperson wishing to learn more about their health...
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This study examines the influence of demographic variables and dimensions of motivational factors of two types of consumer Web use: percentage of weekly Web surfing time spent searching for product and service‐related information and online shopping and transactions. It combines data from two...
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Despite the growth of the Internet, one area that marketers have not really discussed is the elderly's use of the … Internet. Given the rapid growth of this population as well as the potential the Internet holds for them, it is a subject worth … consideration. This paper discusses the use of the Internet by a national random survey of elderly consumers and the impact of …
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of online behavior of internet users on the adoption of … internet banking in Iran. Design/methodology/approach – The samples used in this empirical study include 560 persons who were … among Iranian internet users and completed the interactive questionnaires. The statistical analysis which has been used in …
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The focus of the research described in this paper was to identify the key quality factors in Web site design and use. From the factors identified, a conceptual model has been developed to assess how a Web site can deliver what its users expect. The model is based on: ease of use, customer...
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Although requirement elicitation is generally acknowledged to be very important in traditional information systems development (ISD), it does not get enough attention in most Web‐based information systems development (WISD). This paper highlighted the difference between ISD and WISD, and...
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Purpose – Open source software (OSS) products have rapidly acquired a notable importance in the last years among consumers and firms all over the world. They are mostly developed and distributed through online social networks thanks to the voluntary and collaborative actions of their members....
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