Differences between light and heavy users of the Internet are investigated, using theoretical expectations derived from recent research on Internet diffusion and Uses and Gratifications theory. Measures of Internet usage process gratifications and Internet socialization gratifications were utilized to test for differences between light and heavy Internet users, and it was expected that light us...

Understanding the students’ temporal and periodic Internet usage behaviors are essential for administrators, instructors and course coordinators for evaluating Internet usage behaviors related to those students’ undertaken courses or programs. In this paper, we propose a new Web usage mining approach for automatic extraction and visualization of periodic and temporal based Internet usage behavi...

the present study aimed to explain the factors affecting the usage of electronic insurance in iran insurance company and its operating strategies in khuzestan province. the research method is descriptive-survey method, and data collecting instrument is questionnaire. the study population is consisted of 480 people of all staff and experts the sales network in iran insurance company in khuzestan...

What impact does Internet usage have on university education? How effective is this impact? What are important antecedents for Internet usage in university education? Answers to these questions can help justify heavy investment from many universities in Internet infrastructures, as well as increase benefits of Internet usage in university education. Because Internet usage in university educatio...

The Internet is an evolving medium that continuously presents new functionalities. Accordingly, also children's Internet usage changes continuously. This requires being vigilant about related Internet risk behavior and safe Internet use. The present article presents a structured overview of Internet risks and summarizes approaches to foster safe Internet behavior. Based on a long-term cross-sec...