A vision of uses and gratifications applied to the study of Internet use by adolescents

Based on uses and gratifications theory, the aim of this paper is to identify the reasons for using Internet among teenagers and to check different variables in order to predict types of uses. After conducting a representative survey applied to 397 high school students in Community of Madrid (Spain)...

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Autores: García-Jiménez, A. (Antonio)|||/items/d553fe09-f5fe-4568-b09a-0f8963e6721e, López-Ayala-López, M.C. (María Cruz)|||/items/29304e45-a3a5-4d7c-af06-73fb7f1d0ef5, Gaona-Pisionero, C. (Carmen)|||/items/78448c68-24f4-42f5-bcec-ad8c479345c9
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/27962
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/27962
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Uses y Gratifications
Internet
Teenagers
Motives of use
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Sumario:Based on uses and gratifications theory, the aim of this paper is to identify the reasons for using Internet among teenagers and to check different variables in order to predict types of uses. After conducting a representative survey applied to 397 high school students in Community of Madrid (Spain), Internet users’ gratifications and their relationships with variables related to adolescent characteristics, family context and time of online exposure are analyzed. The article concludes that daily use of Internet predicts higher consumption of communication and social relationships