An exploratory study was conducted examining Internet usage among African-American college students. The study examined both psychosocial correlates, including technological anxiety and racial identity as well as socioeconomic measures, as they impacted Internet usage. Additionally, three distinct measures of Internet usage, thin access, thick access and the Internet Connectedness Index (ICI), were used as criterion variables in three separate multiple regression analysis (MRA) models. The results of the study found differences in predictive validity based on the criterion variable used, with the ICI accounting for the greatest amount of variance (54%). Racial identity, in terms of internal beliefs and feelings about being African American and internalization of Afrocentric values in a political context were found to be predictive of Internet usage as measured by the ICI.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4608 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Harvey, Pejcharat Jane |
| Contributors | Oliver, Diane Graves, McConnell, Judith, Flint, Pamela, Gieda, Martin |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Harvey, Pejcharat Jane, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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