Effects of Internet use on self-efficacy: perceived network-changing possibility as a mediator

被引：2
作者：
Kaichiro Furutani
Tetsuro Kobayashi
Mitsuhiro Ura
机构：
[1] Hijiyama University,Faculty of Contemporary Culture
[2] National Institute of Informatics,Information and Society Research Division
[3] Hiroshima University,Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
来源：
AI & SOCIETY | 2009年 / 23卷 / 2期
关键词：
Social Capital; Basic Skill; Informal Group; Political Efficacy; Bonding Social Capital;
D O I：
10.1007/s00146-007-0132-3
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摘要：
The effect of Internet use as a mediating variable on self-efficacy as it relates to the cognition of network-changing possibility (i.e., connecting people or groups with different social backgrounds) was examined. The results showed that Internet use (i.e., the frequency of sending e-mail, friends made on the Internet) had a positive effect on the cognition of network-changing possibility. The cognition that it is possible to connect people with different social backgrounds by using the Internet also had a positive effect on self-efficacy. On the other hand, the cognition that it is possible to find people or groups who share beliefs and interests by using the Internet negatively affected self-efficacy. Hence, it was found that the effect of Internet use on self-efficacy was different as a function of cognition of network-changing possibility.
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