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The following are research articles written by WebUse researchers.  If available electronically a diskette icon will be shown.  Click the icon to view or download a pdf copy of the article.

Determining Causes and Severity of End-User Frustration Download File

Ceaparu,I., Lazar,J., Bessiere,K., Robinson,J. and Shneiderman,B. (May 2002)

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Some Perspectives On The Digital Divide From The General Social Survey (Gss) And Other Surveys

Improving Web-based Civic Information Access: A Case Study of the 50 US States Download File

Ceaparu, Irina and Ben Shneiderman.  2002.  "Improving Web-based Civic Information Access: A Case Study of the 50 US States."   To be presented at the IEEE Int’l Symposium on Technology & Society, June 2002, Raleigh, NC

Second-Level Digital Divide

 

Hargittai, Eszter.  "Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People's Online Skills."  First Monday, volume 7, number 4 (April 2002)


 

Doing Social Science Research

Neustadtl, Alan, John P. Robinson, and Meyer Kestnbaum.  2002.  "Doing Social Science Research Online".  In: The Internet and Everyday Life, eds. Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite.  Oxford, UK and New York: Basil Blackwell.
 

The Internet and Other Uses of Time

 

Robinson, John P., Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl and Anthony Alvarez.  2002.  "The Internet and Other Uses of Time."  In: The Internet and Everyday Life, eds. Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite.  Oxford, UK and New York: Basil Blackwell.
 

The McDonaldization of the Internet

 

Neustadtl, Alan and Meyer Kestnbaum.  2002.  "The McDonaldization of the Internet."  In: McDonaldization: The Reader, ed. George Ritzer. Thousand Oaks, CA and London: Pine Forge Press.
 

Information Technology and Social Time Displacement Download File

Robinson, John P., Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl, and Anthony Alvarez. Summer 2002.  "Information Technology and Social Time Displacement."  IT & Society, Volume 1, Issue 1: 21-37.

Differences in Social Activities Among Internet-Using Parents in Working Families  

Bianchi, Suzanne, John P. Robinson, Shu-jen Fu, and Qiu Yeu.  2002.  "Differences in Social Activities Among Internet-Using Parents in Working Families."  (Draft)
 

An Online Data Web Site for Internet Research Download File

Robinson, John P.  Meyer Kestnbaum, and Alan Neustadtl.  2001.  "An Online Data Web Site for Internet Research."  American Behavioral Scientist 45 (November 2001): 565-582.
 

Social Implications of the Internet Download File

DiMaggio, Paul, Eszter Hargittai, W. Russell Neuman, and John P. Robinson.  2001.  "Social Implications of the Internet."  Annual Review of Sociology.  27: 307-336.

 

Mass Media Use and Social Life Among Internet Users Download File

Robinson, John P., Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl, and Anthony Alvarez.  2000.  Mass Media Use and Social Life Among Internet Users.  Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 18 No. 4.  Winter 2000: 490-501.

The Personal Computer, Culture, and Other Uses of Free Time Download File

Robinson, John P. and Meyer Kestnbaum  1999.  "The Personal Computer, Culture, and Other Uses of Free Time."  Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 17 No. 2.  Summer 1999: 200-216.

 
   

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