Literature integrating and analyzing of internet literacy: The case of 2000-2010 theses in Taiwan

Po Yi Li, Shinn Rong Lin, Eric Zhi Feng Liu

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Abstract

Nowadays, information and Internet knowledge have become indispensable ability. It is more important that how to prepare ourselves correct concepts and literacy. This study utilizes " Internet Literacy" as keywords to search and totally obtained 59 thesis. The researchers analyze these theses from aspects of subject domain, research methods, operational definition, and theses numbers per year. After analyzing, it is found that education domain produced most papers of Internet Literacy issues (62.7%), in addition to research participants, researchers focused on groups of student, including elementary, junior, and senior high school students, than others. And also diverse domain researchers are also beginning to join this domain. In terms of research methods, 54 theses used questionnaire survey method, four studies utilized experimental method, and the other one applied action research method. Ultimately, discovering stable circulation phenomenon to predict thesis numbers next year, and then the researchers will add more variables and dimensions for further analysis to figure out the reasons and meanings of the research findings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IADIS International Conferences - Web Based Communities and Social Media 2011, Social Media 2011, Internet Applications and Research 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011
Pages163-166
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2011
EventIADIS International Conferences - Web Based Communities and Social Media 2011, Social Media 2011, Internet Applications and Research 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 22 Jul 201124 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IADIS International Conferences - Web Based Communities and Social Media 2011, Social Media 2011, Internet Applications and Research 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011

Conference

ConferenceIADIS International Conferences - Web Based Communities and Social Media 2011, Social Media 2011, Internet Applications and Research 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period22/07/1124/07/11

Keywords

  • Internet literacy
  • Literature analysis
  • Literature review

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