New media adoption and usage among Flemish youngsters

Avatars using computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among North-Norwegian youngsters

BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial infection, a common cause of infertility, are highly prevalent in developed countries, and a worrying problem in North Norway, where the incidence of chlamydia twice the Norwegian average. Seventy percent of reported chlamydia cases are found in people below 25 years of age, and although its spread c...

Employing the Technology Acceptance Model to Explore the Trends of Social Media Adoption and its Effect on Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use

The purpose of this research is to explore the social media trend in communication in Kuwait by utilizing the technology acceptance model. Social media has been gaining extraordinary adoption in past years that requires further investigation into user’s adoption habits, the various kinds of social media, and its effect on their perceived usefulness and ease of use of social media. The study con...

Cyberbullying among youngsters: profiles of bullies and victims

The mobile Internet: Access, use, opportunities and divides among European children

Based on data collected through the Net Children Go Mobile survey of approximately 3,500 respondents aged 9–16 in seven European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania and the UK), this article examines the diffusion of smartphones among children, and contributes to existing research on mobile digital divides by investigating what influences the adoption of smartphones a...

Adoption and Use of Social Media in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

In recent years, social media have been increasingly adopted in enterprises. Enterprises use social media as an additional way to get in contact with their customers and support internal communication and collaboration. However, little research is devoted to the adoption and internal usage of social media in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are of high social and economic import...