Internet skeptics: An analysis of intermittent users and net dropouts

H. Kang; S. Bagchi-Sen; H. R. Rao; S. Banerjee

doi:10.1109/MTAS.2005.1442378

Internet skeptics: An analysis of intermittent users and net dropouts

H. Kang, S. Bagchi-Sen, H. R. Rao, S. Banerjee

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The extent that various groups differ in their experience with the Internet was studied based on the Pew Internet Survey of 2002 which defined two categories: net dropouts (DO) as "the non-users who were once online but stopped and have not gone back" and intermittent users (IU) as those "who are online Americans who dropped offline for an extended period and are now back online." It was found that: (i) the return to the Internet is not based on gender but on the educational level of the user; (ii) selected racial differences exist between DOs and IUs; (iii) people with high sense of trust and fairness returned to the Internet rather than stay unwired; and (iv) people who did not return to the Internet regarded it as dangerous and confusing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26-31
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MTAS.2005.1442378
State	Published - Jun 2005
Externally published	Yes

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