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Background/purpose: To the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined longitudinal changes in the accessibility of suicide-related content on Chinese-language websites. We investigated changes between 2016 and 2019 in suicide-related materials likely to be accessed by individuals through websites in Taiwan. Methods: In March 2019, we searched the Taiwanese versions of Google and Yahoo! using six suicide-related terms and compared the results to a search performed in 2016. Website characteristics (e.g., pro- or anti-suicide) generated by various keywords were calculated and compared in 2016 and 2019. Results: The number of anti-suicide websites exceeded that of pro-suicide websites in 2016 and 2019. Between 2016 and 2019, the proportion of pro-suicide sites decreased slightly from 16.3% (61 out of 375 sites) to 12.3% (51 out of 417 sites) (p = 0.10). User-generated webpages constituted the primary source of pro-suicide content at both time points. Over the same period, the proportion of pro-suicide information on internet forums decreased from 59.1% to 17.8% (p

O objetivo deste estudo experimental longitudinal foi avaliar a interferência de uma abordagem educativa no padrão de uso do smartphone e dependência de internet por mestrandos da área da saúde. A amostra foi composta por 18 mestrandos em Saúde Coletiva. Foram utilizados 01 aplicativo de smartphone (UBhind) que verificou o padrão de uso deste; e 02 questionários: sócio econômico e o Teste de Dependência de Internet (TDI). Os dados foram coletados em sala de aula em 3 momentos diferentes (T0, T1, T2). No início do módulo de aula T1, houve uma abordagem educativa sobre o uso do smartphone, risco de dependência de internet e prejuízos. Realizou-se análises descritivas para as variáveis e modelos lineares generalizados para medidas repetidas no tempo, nível de significância de 5%. Encontrou-se um uso de smartphone médio de 4,4h (T0), 4h (T1) e 4,5h (T2); frequência de checagem de 92,3 vezes (T0), 86,3 (T1) e 90,5 (T2); pico de uso a noite; e, nos smartphones (Android), WhatsApp foi o aplicativo mais utilizado, totalizando 45% do tempo no smartphone, enquanto o uso mínimo de internet representou 75%. O teste de dependência de internet apresentou aumento de 42,9% (T0) para 50% (T2) de usuários sem risco de dependência, porém a porcentagem de usuários problemáticos (médio e alto risco) se manteve em 14,3%. Concluiu-se que a abordagem educativa realizada não foi suficiente para alterar o padrão de uso do smartphone e nem reduzir a quantidade de usuários problemáticos de internet.

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi determinan demografi penggunaan internet petani padi di Indonesia dan kaitan antara penggunaan tersebut dengan tingkat produktivitas tanaman padi yang dibudidayakan. Model regresi logistik yang diterapkan pada data hasil Survei Pertanian Antar Sensus (SUTAS) yang dilaksanakan BPS pada 2018 memperlihatkan bahwa penggunaan internet di kalangan petani padi merupakan fenomena petani muda, berpendidikan tinggi, berjenis kelamin laki-laki, dan tinggal di Pulau Jawa. Sayangnya, petani padi dengan kombinasi karakteristik demografi seperti ini hanya mewakili kelompok kecil petani padi Indonesia. Penelitian ini juga menemukan perbedaan yang signifikan pada produktivitas tanaman padi yang dibudidayakan oleh petani pengguna internet dan petani yang tidak menggunakan internet. Produktivitas tanaman padi yang dibudidayakan petani pengguna internet relatif lebih tinggi dibanding petani yang tidak menggunakan internet. Temuan ini merupakan indikasi kuat bahwa penggunaan internet oleh petani padi berdampak signifikan terhadap peningkatan produktivitas tanaman padi yang dibudidayakan petani.

To assess the pattern of internet usage among preparatory school students in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt, and the Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia, and identify its associated factors. A cross-sectional study using a multistage proportionate sampling technique was conducted from October to December 2019 for 1537 preparatory school students from both countries; 772 from Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt, and 765 students from the Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The Young’s Internet Addiction Test (YIAT) was used. Mean age of Egyptian and Saudi participants were 12.82 ± 0.81 and 13.8 ± 1.16 years, respectively. Mild to moderate IA was reported in 42.5% & 42.9%, among Egyptian students compared to 51.6% & 24.3% for Saudis, while severe IA was reported in 4.0% & 3.7% among Egyptian and Saudis, respectively. Internet searches were conducted by 43.5% among Egyptian students compared to online communication among Saudis (52.9%). Facebook was used by 42.0% of Egyptian students, while 52.4% Saudi students used Snap chat. In both samples, there was a statistically significant difference between internet addiction and gender, academic year, level of academic achievement, and purpose of internet use (p ≤ 0.05). Excessive use of the internet is a common finding among Egyptian and Saudi preparatory student internet users.

Aim: Google Trends, which allows Internet users to interact with and search data, can provide in-depth information about new phenomena regarding population and health-related behavior and is a tool that can be accessed free of charge. With the widespread use of dental implants in almost every country in the world today, an increase has also been reported in the prevalence of peri-implantitis (PP), which is a peri-implant disease. The aim of this study is to determine whether the rates of PP that were obtained from previous studies on this disease are in line with the data obtained using Google Trends. Methodology: Using observational, ecological research, we searched Google Trends for the following query terms: peri implantitis + periimplantitis, to obtain the volume of this Internet search query. The queries were searched within Spain (ES), Germany (DE), the Netherlands (NL), the United Kingdom (UK), and Turkey from January 2010 to December 2019. Results: An examination of the search results for “peri-implantitis + peri-implantitis” on Google Trends found that the largest numbers of searches for these words were made from the country of ES, and the smallest numbers were made from Turkey. It took two years to make forecasts based on the results, and the study determined that there has been a change in the trends in countries that were searched for these words. Also, the results obtained in previous studies for the prevalence of peri-implantitis were not similar to the data obtained from Google Trends. Conclusion: We concluded in this study that Google Trends is not a reliable tool for dental epidemiology. How to cite this article: Üner DD, İzol BS. Is Google Trends a reliable way to determine digital dental epidemiology? Int Dent Res 2021;11(Suppl.1):38-46. https://doi.org/10.5577/intdentres.2021.vol11.suppl1.7 Linguistic Revision: The English in this manuscript has been checked by at least two professional editors, both native speakers of English.

This work is related to the development of a high-tech popular science Internet portal "History of the Earth". The developed resource sets as its main goal the popularization of modern scientific geological knowledge using popular science multimedia content and software tools for interactive work with it. The Internet resource is intended for schoolchildren and students, as well as a wide range of Internet users.

The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has affected all areas of social life globally, including the economy. The world economy has declined due to purchasing power for individuals who have been forced to stay at home and cannot perform work. These restrictions to prevent the spread of SARS-Cov-2 have led to an increase in electronic commerce and mobile commerce as tools for procuring goods and services. In this paper, we conducted a longitudinal analysis of mobile commerce as an essential electronic commerce component, establishing the main drivers of mobile commerce and the intensity of their influences. The research focuses on mobile commerce in the United States (U.S.). It covers the period 2010–2020, the last year of this period capturing the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on electronic commerce (e-commerce) and mobile commerce (m-commerce). In the macroeconomic analysis of competitiveness, we established the main drivers of m-commerce, using artificial neural networks and the mediation effects found between the variables that describe m-commerce, e-commerce, and total sales, using structural equation modeling. The research results indicate an increase in the share of e-commerce in total sales and a predominance of the m-commerce share in e-commerce on the background of traffic restrictions and social distance rules imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stakeholders in the m-commerce area should consider the following enhancing drivers: increasing internet speed, expanding 5G and Wi-Fi networks, and increasing accessibility and trust in mobile devices and applications.

The article reveals the scientific and theoretical foundations, structures, classification and types of Internet technologies in higher education; the features of orientations and attitudes of subjects of university education on the use of Internet technologies in modern conditions are highlighted; studied the audience of Internet users in the universities of Ukraine; revealed the substantive and procedural aspects of the joint pedagogical activity of the teacher and students in the creation and implementation of Internet projects; methodological recommendations were developed for the implementation of Internet resources in the teacher's practical activities.

The results of a study of the functioning peculiarities of modified foreign anthroponyms in the Russian-language Internet discourse is presented in the article. The main methods of word formation, the structure and semantics of foreign occasional anthroponyms in the Russian-language Internet discourse are considered. The relevance and novelty of the study is due to the choice of linguistic material, which were foreign-language anthroponyms in Russian, in particular, modified names of members of the British royal family. It is shown that these occasional nominations embody the emotional and evaluative attitude of Russian-speaking Internet users to members of the royal family. The results of a structural and comparative analysis of modified foreign anthroponyms used by Russian-speaking Internet users are presented. An attempt is made to show how the derivational means of the Russian language can reflect the subjective connotation of occasional derivatives. The main word-formation models in the field of occasional anthroponymy of the Russian language are revealed. It is concluded that the most productive way of modifying foreign anthroponyms in the Russian-language Internet discourse is suffixation. The semantics of the identified word-formation models is analyzed, their emotional-expressive function in the language is studied. The results of a statistical analysis of the use of the main methods of creating modified foreign anthroponyms in the Russian-language Internet discourse are presented.

Since the advent of Covid-19, the increase in working from home, online education and entertainment via online platforms has ramped up the number of Internet users worldwide. According to Forbes, Internet hits surged by 50-70%. 1 This phase shift caught the eye of adversaries, causing increased numbers of targeted and broad-based attacks such as phishing, malware distribution and online fear-mongering in order to conduct scams and fraudulent operations. For example, more than 240 million Covid-19 related daily spam messages were mapped and Google blocked 18 million daily malware and phishing-related emails during April 2020. 2 That shows how severely adversaries are exploiting the Covid-19 situation for online fraud.

In the recent years, the excessive use of internet has become frequent; it may lead to deficits in cognition and emotions. Commenting on online news is a popular way to express attitude and thoughts. It may have different impacts on the emotional state of healthy people and pathological internet users (PIUs). The impact is also related to the emotional valence of the commented text. This study aimed to explore the effect of making comments on online news and valenced text on the emotional state of PIUs. The sample included 32 undergraduate students (18 with PIU and 14 controls). The two groups commented on positive and negative online news in proper order, respectively. The emotion rating questionnaire was used to measure their emotion at different experimental stages in elicited positive and negative emotional states. The results displayed that when commenting on positive news, the emotional changes of PIU group were the same with the control group. In addition, the results indicated that when making comments on negative news, there was a difference between the PIU group and the control group for the extent of emotional changes. PIUs were rated higher than control group in “surprise” and “happiness” ways. The emotional state of PIU is easier to be affected by the act of commenting, revealing that PIUs may have poor ability of emotion management and emotional stability.

Communication technology and the internet have developed quite rapidly from time to time. The development of communication technology and the internet has changed the way human’s communication. Human interaction is no longer limited to face-to-face meetings, but has now shifted to interaction or communication using computer and internet media which are not limited to space and time. This mediated communication is known as Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). Communication through the CMC was developed by various application providers to facilitate internet users in communicating, one of which is through the Instagram application. Text, images and videos are included in the type of computer mediated communication (CMC) interaction. The CMC interaction is used by internet users from various circles, including millennial mothers. This research was conducted to find out how the role of CMC in developing self-potential among millennial mothers. This research is a qualitative research using semi-structured interviews as a data collection method. The findings in this study indicate that informants are selective in presenting themselves through the selection of images, videos and descriptions before uploading on the Instagram page so that they are able to display their potential.

PurposeThe aim of this research is to combine and synthesize the findings of previous studies search for the effects of eWom on purchase intention by meta-analysis.Design/methodology/approachThe paper shows a meta-analysis process step by step. Within the scope of certain criteria, the studies in the Google Scholar and ITÜ library databases were eliminated and the results of the remaining 19 studies were analyzed in CMA (Comprehensive Meta-Analysis) program.FindingsBy conducting a meta-analysis of the research question, a common effect size was obtained from 19 studies. In addition, the effect size of 21 eWom (electronic word of mouth communication) factor on purchasing intention related to the 21 hypotheses defined in the study was obtained by means of meta-analysis separately.Originality/valueWith the increasing number of Internet users, the desire to share their comments and ideas on the Internet, and the increasing importance of electronic word of mouth communication in our lives, people's decisions have started to be affected by this situation. One of the decision-making movements is the purchase intention. Therefore, it is expected to see more researches on meta-analysis for the effect of eWom on purchase intention in the following years.

The proliferation of information technologies has changed how Internet users around the world seek information. While information and communication technologies have transformed the structure of the Chinese economy, they have also brought challenges to the informational realms of everyday lives. However, there is a lack of empirical research exploring if users have encountered barriers in seeking online information for daily tasks. This mixed-methods study focuses on the disruptive influence of digital technologies on everyday information seeking practices, namely, the paradoxical co-existence of information overload and the lack of information sources. Results suggest that Chinese Internet users face a dilemma of receiving redundant online information and yet still experience a lack of high-quality information sources online. Findings from this research provide new perspectives of understanding the role of digital technologies in everyday life and also extend the dimensions of digital divides from internet access to disparities in information practices and experiences.

The Internet has potential to alleviate inequality in general and specifically with respect to science literacy. Nevertheless, digital divides persist in online access and use, as well as in subsequent social outcomes. Among these, the “language divide” partly determines how successful users are in their Internet use depending on their proficiency in languages, and especially in English. To examine whether the quality of online scientific information varies between languages when conducting searches from the same country, we compared online search results regarding scientific terms in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. Findings indicate that searches in English yielded overall higher quality results, compared with Hebrew and Arabic, but mostly in pedagogical aspects, rather than scientific ones. Clustering the results by language yielded better separation than clustering by scientific field, pointing to a “language divide” in access to online science content. We argue that scientific communities and institutions should mitigate this language divide.1

Internet as a source of human activity is becoming an increasingly dominant human experience. Young people spend their time online in very different ways, which has consequences for their social and psychological functioning. The subject of analyzes in the article is finding correlations between the forms of using the Internet and satisfaction with life. For this purpose, Diener’s Life Satisfaction Scale (SWLS) and the Internet acitities questionnaire were use. The results of the analysis shows that playing games positively correlate with life satisfaction, while social media, communication via messengers, gossip websites and blogs have a negative relationship with life satisfaction.

Pada era teknologi 4.0, perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan serta teknologi sangat pesat saat ini, terutama teknologi jaringan internet. Hampir semua belahan dunia memanfaatkan teknologi tersebut untuk mencari dan menyebarkan informasi.Begitu juga Indonesia, hampir sebagian besar warga negaranya memanfaatkan teknologi internet tersebut untuk mencari dan menyebarkan informasi. Berdasarkan hasil survey APJII 2018 pengguna internet masih memiliki persentase paling tinggi di pulau Jawa dan Sumatera. Kami bermaksud membuat suatu portal berita, namun portal berita ini akan menginformasikan hanya berita tentang pertanian saja, yang dimaksud dengan pertanian disini adalah kegiatan pemanfaatan sumber daya hayati yang dilakukan manusia untuk menghasilkan bahan pangan, bahan baku industri, atau sumber energi. Portal berita ini akan dikhususkan untuk menginformasikan hasil pertanian dan produk-produk yang dihasilkan oleh pedesaan, agar dapat dikenal secara luas dan diharapkan dengan dikenal secara luas akan meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat desa tersebut. Hal tersebut sejalan dengan undang-undang nomor 6 tahun 2014 “Tentang Desa”, pasal 86 “Sistem Informasi Pembangunan Desa dan Pembangunan Kawasan Perdesaan “. Aplikasi portal berita E-News ini dirancang untuk dapat menginformasikan berita berkaitan dengan sektor pertanian. Dengan adanya informasi berita dari portal berita E-News ini masyarakat luas dapat mengetahui perkembangan sektor pertanian, serta khususnya para petani mendapatkan tambahan informasi yang berhubungan dengan sektor pertanian.

This paper aims to determine the popularity of candidates on the internet through internet user behavioral tendencies (netizens) in surfing and using social media. Second, to find out interest netizens' in two popular issues, namely the 2020 regional elections or the Covid-19 pandemic issue. The author used Habermas' new public sphere theory. Data were collected from internet searches and official social media as primary data, then the data were analyzed using an inductive-descriptive approach with qualitative content analysis techniques, where data were identified and arranged systematically, then abstracted by analyzing one data. With others in depth and concluded as conclusions. This study concludes that netizens in Bandar Lampung had a greater attention to the issue of the Covid-19 pandemic than the issue of the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, as evidenced by tracing around the Covid-19 pandemic issue which was more popular than searches around the Simultaneous Pilkada 2020. This study also concluded that it was still not optimal. The campaign through social media of the three candidate pairs in the 2020 Bandar Lampung Pilkada, was marked by the low tendency of internet users to pay attention to the three candidate pairs on their official social media.

Digitization in banking to the cashless society by providing as non-cash transactions. In other hand a result of survey showing the low penetration of internet usage for online money transfer as wrong banking services. This article, has a purpose describe post-usage behavior. The author uses a descriptive design to solve the problem of low penetration of internet users for online money transfers. Today, e-banking services are considered as one of the factors that the customer expressed loyal to the banking services.

La investigación muestra el crecimiento del consumo de streaming en los últimos años y refleja su incremento exponencial a raíz de la pandemia por la Covid 19 en 2020. La base científica cita a los autores más relevantes en esta temática y está avalada por los estudios e informes de organismos oficiales y privados de relevancia internacional. Se estudia el origen del streaming, su evolución y futuro con la ayuda de las nuevas herramientas tecnológicas, como las appsque permiten a los periodistas y al público poder entrar en directo en un informativo. Ello suponenuevas oportunidades de negocio para las radiotelevisiones generalistas creadoras de contenido en España. La investigación muestra cómo el consumo de streamingse dirige hacia el móvil, que es la herramienta para conectarse a internet que utilizan 9 de cada 10 internautas en España, siendo los vídeos cortos y los videos bajo demanda los formatos más consumidos. Es un reto para las radiotelevisiones la emisión enstreaminga través de plataformas digitales multicanal que alojen contenidos para captar audiencias. Unas cadenas que tienen rasgos diferenciales respecto a las plataformas tipo Netflix o HBO, como son su carácter informativo y el menor coste de producción de contenidos por streaming.

Based on the results of a survey report from the Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (AP JII) on June 2-25, 2020, the total number of Indonesian internet users is 73.7 percent or 196,714,070.3 million people from the total population in Indonesia of 266,911,900 people. . Fenomina is currently using the internet as a means of promotion for online marketing. Many companies are so implementing online sales that it has had an impact on the decline in the turnover of otheer companies that are still offline. The purpos of this activity is to improve the skills and knowledge of companies and students so they can implement marketplace-based online sales. The essence of this activity with one day of training to create a marketplace account and online marketing asistance for a full month. It is hoped that with this training, partner companiies and students can advance and develop their online marketplacee-based sales independently. The training model with one day followed by one month of mentoring is expected to be areference for similar activities.

The internet has two effects, whether it supports or will it reduce productivity which will have an impact on the unemployment rate. This study aims to examine the effect of the internet on the unemployment rate in Indonesia in 2015-2019. Panel data analysis with the Feasible generalized least square (FGLS) method using STATA software was used to solve the problem of not fulfilling the assumptions of normality and heteroscedasticity in this study. Based on the results of data processing, the proportion of internet users shows a positive and statistically significant sign. The coefficient value of the proportion of internet users is 0.4898; which means that an increase in the proportion of internet users by 1 percent will cause the open unemployment rate to increase by 0.4898 percent, assuming the other variables are fixed. It can be concluded that the higher the proportion of internet users in an area, the higher the area's open unemployment rate. This is because the use of the internet in Indonesia is still not fully used to increase the productivity of the population such as looking for jobs or improving skills through training so that the internet actually causes the unemployment rate to increase.

The rise of internet usage worldwide has created a new phenomenon of consumer behaviour, in which the consumers’ attention has been shifted to online purchasing. The increase confidence in technology and online payment sectors are causing a change in consumer behaviour, away from traditional methods (Khouloud, 2020). Statista (2018) reported an estimated amount of 1.8 billion people worldwide now purchase their goods online. According to the Internet World Statistics (2020), there are over 3 billion internet users globally, thus representing a 577% increase in growth when compared to the global population of internet users in 2000. This trend indicates that online shopping has a lot of potential and benefits to societies and businesses worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the best population in online shopping research for Malaysia context.

espanolIntroduccion.Los usuarios de Internet, especialmente adolescentes, pueden experimentar riesgos en linea que pueden afectar su salud mental.Este estudio examino la asociacion entre los riesgos en linea y el apoyo familiar, que ha sido conceptualizadocomo una variable que puede disminuir los riesgos en el uso del Internet entre adolescentes. Metodo.Se aplico una version adaptada a poblacion colombiana de la encuesta Kids onLine. La muestra incluyo 96 participantes entre 11 y 18 anos(F=58.3%),41.6% pertenecian a bajos ingresos familiares y 58.4% pertenecian a ingresos medios, del municipio de Bello, Colombia. (Edad promedio=13.99; DE=2.034).Resultados.Los resultadosconfirmaron la hipotesis de que aquellos adolescentes que perciben apoyo familiar, definido como el conjunto de acciones de acompanamiento, escucha activa, consejos y confianza entre los miembros de la famila, presentan menores riesgos en linea. Discusion y Conclusion: Aunque los resultados de esta investigacion muestran una relacion inversa entre apoyo familiar y riesgos en Internet, no hay una correlacion estadisticamente significativa, que podria explicarse por el hecho de que aunque la familia tiene un rol impor-tante sobre la prevencion de las conductas de riesgo en linea de los adolescentes, esta tambien es limitada, especialmente con adolescentes mayores, quienes pasan mas tiempo con amigos y pueden verse motivados por ellos a involucrarse en actividades riesgosas en general. En este sentido, la figura de apoyo familiar, que involucra a la familia como un todo que trasciende la mediacion centrada en los padres, tiene importantes implicaciones en la comprension y pre-vencion de los riesgos en linea, entanto la union entre los miembros de la familia, basada en una interaccion y comunicacion adecuadas, puede ayudar a mediar en los riesgos y a proveer apoyo a los adolescentes. EnglishIntroduction. Internet users, especially adolescents, may experience online risks that can affect their mental health. This study examined the association between online risks and family support as this has been conceptualized as variable that can prevent the risks in the Internet use among adolescents. Method. We applied an adapted version to Colombian population of the Kids on Line survey. The sample included 96 participants between 11 and 18 years old (F=58.3%), 41.6% of the respondents had low family incomes and 58.4% had middle family incomes from Bello, Colombia, 58.3% were girls (Mean Age=13.99; SD = 2.034). Results. The results confirmed the hypothesis that those adolescents who perceive family support, defined as a set of actions of acompainment, active listening, counseling and trust between family members, present less online risks. Discussion and Conclusion. Although the results of this research show an inverse relationship between family support and risks on the Internet, there is no a statistically significant correlation. This could be explained because although the family has an important role over the prevention of adolescent risk behaviors online, this is also limited, specially with older teenagers, who spend more time with friends and may be encouraged by their friends to involve themselves in general risky behaviors. In this sense, the family support that involves the family as a whole and that transcends the mediation centered on the parental figures has important implications in the understanding and prevention of the online risks, as positive links between family members, based on an adequeate interaction and communication, may help to mediate the risks and provide support to teenagers.

The stress in identifying useful information on the internet facilitated the use of recommendation systems by e-commerce and social network platforms to help users find their interested information quickly. However, this study seeks to investigate the impact of recommendation system overuse on the subjective wellbeing of internet users. The study reviewed previous studies in developing a research framework from the SOBC model that identifies social media overload as a (Situation) that triggers the intentions of internet users (Organism) to excessively use recommendation systems on the internet based on their level of self-concept clarity (Behavior) which (Consequently) affect their subjective wellbeing. SmartPLS 3.0 and SPSS v.22 software were deployed to analyze the research data and discover links between the constructs. The obtained results of the study confirm that, overuse of online recommendation systems negatively affect users’ subjective wellbeing.

1.1 Background Young people with learning disabilities are increasingly using the Internet but can be vulnerable to being victimised online. As learning disability services develop guidance on how to support Internet use, it is important to explore what support is necessary. 1.2 Methods This research used interviews and focus groups to explore what children, young people, their parents and teachers thought about Internet safety, extremism and online radicalisation. 1.3 Results Results showed that the students were active Internet users and were confident about online safety but parents were concerned about the risks associated with Internet use. Following taking part in a peer education project that focussed on Internet safety and specifically about risks of online radicalisation and extremism, the students understood possible links between grooming and online radicalisation and their teachers increased their understanding of the importance of digital engagement for their students.

This paper presents a systematic review that covers internet addiction and wellbeing studies on adults; followed by a semi-structured interview of a group of 6 problematic internet adult users, analysed through thematic analysis. The interview questions explore motives, awareness level and coping strategies of problematic internet users. The systematic review results are categorised based on DRIVE model and indicate gaps in the literature on internet addiction studies and suggests a holistic direction of studying wellbeing. The interviews resulted in 6 themes that reflected the user’s awareness of the consequences of problematic internet use, coping strategies when there is a high information overload, controlling internet attachment, causes of excessive internet use, preferred using time and psychological effect after spending long hours online.

This study assessed the construct and criterion validity of the short version of the Internet Skills Scale and examined whether its four dimensions - Operational, Information Navigation, Social, and Creative skills - are influenced by a higher-order dimension of general internet skills as one second-order factor. In 2018, a face-to-face survey comprising ofthe 20-item Internet Skills Scale and 22 other items related to digital inclusion was conducted in a sample of 814 internet users in Slovenia. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as other multivariate methods, showed that the Internet Skills Scale is characterized by high to adequate convergent and divergent validity.Acceptable criterion validity was observed for Operational and Information Navigation skills. In terms of measurement invariance, the data supported configural and metric invariance, whereas the scalar invariance was not fully confirmed, suggesting that older adults' lower scores on the Creative skills items were not related to lower levels of internet skills in the same way as they were among younger individuals. Last, the results provided original evidence of the Internet Skills Scale as a second-order construct, meaning that a single summative Internet Skills Scale score could be created as an adequate measure of an individual's internet skills. Bibliografija: str. 77-80. Abstract.

Kejahatan terjadi bukan hanya karena ada niat pelakunya, tetapi juga karena ada kesempatan. Pandemi Covid-19 membuat seluruh aspek kehidupan manusia terimbas. Aktivitas yang biasa dilakukan diluar rumah, karena pandemi harus berubah dilakukan didalam rumah. Meningkatnya pemakaian internet oleh masyarakat, ditambah dengan kurangnya kepedulian akan keamanan komputer menjadikan peluang ini dimanfaatkan oleh para penjahat siber. Akibatnya, terjadi kenaikan serangan siber bukan hanya di Indonesia, tapi juga diseluruh dunia. Sampai dengan April 2020, telah terjadi kenaikan komulatif sebanyak 88.414.296 serangan, dengan dominasi serangan berupa Trojan sebanyak 56%, Information gathering sebanyak 43% dan Web Attack sebanyak 1%. Untuk itu, perlu pemahaman dan kewaspadaan dari seluruh pengguna internet agar menutup celah keamanan, sehingga masyarakat bisa bekerja dengan aman, tenang dan nyaman dari rumah masing-masing.

We comment on arguments about internet and smartphone use disorders by Montag, Wegmann, Sariyska, Demetrovics, and Brand (2020). Although not currently official diagnoses, we emphasize that for some individuals, excessive internet/smartphone use can have dangerous consequences. We discuss the challenges with ICD-11 codifying only internet gaming as an internet use-related disorder, neglecting other types of excessive internet users. Montag et al.'s approach to classifying a broader range of internet use disorders seems more fair than the current system in aiding individuals needing treatment resources for excessive internet use.

Introduction . The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic has created a unique opportunity to establish patterns in Internet user activity in connection with a new disease. Objective of the study . To assess the relationship between the interest of Internet users in issues related to COVID-19 in the countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and the dynamics of the epidemic process of this infection according to search queries in Google Trends. Materials and methods . The analysis of queries on the topic “COVID-19” received from Google Trends from 09.01 to 04.10.20 was carried out. Results . An analysis of search activity for queries in Kazakhstan that may be associated with symptoms of COVID-19 showed that only queries containing the keyword “smell”, “loss of smell”, “shortness of breath”, “temperature” have a correlation with the confirmed number of coronavirus infection (r = 0.65 for the query “smell”, r = 0.53 for the queries “loss of smell” and “dyspnea”, r = 0.60 for the query “temperature”). In Kyrgyzstan, when analyzing queries that may be associated with coronavirus infection, correlations were found only for those that contained the keyword “smell” (r = 0.62) and “temperature” (r = 0.53) from 09.01 to 04.10.2020. Correlations (r > 0.65) were found between the dynamics of queries containing the keywords “coronavirus”, “infection” among Internet users in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. When analyzing inquiries related to the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, an increased interest of the Internet public in the computed tomography method was revealed, and the peak of interest coincided with the maximum number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (the correlation coefficient was 0.714). Conclusion . The relationship between Internet inquiries, media reports, and actual incidence rates is multifactorial and requires further study. Nevertheless, the main trends in Internet search queries during a pandemic can serve as an additional component of epidemiological surveillance.

Background: Technology has a high influence on our lifestyle. This has a significant bearing on both the physical and mental health of an individual. Young adults spend a significant amount of time on the Internet. Studies have demonstrated that this overindulgence can be problematic. Internet addiction has an adverse effect on academic and occupational outcomes of Young people. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of internet addiction among young adults in Kenya. Method: A cross-sectional quantitative study was carried out on young adults from one college in rural setting and one in urban setting. Two questionnaires were administered to the young adults. One was sociodemographic questionnaire and the second one was the Young’s Internet Addiction Test. Results: The overall prevalence of internet addiction was (81.5%). On analysis of the extent of severity of Internet use among young adults, it was found that majority of the young adults were moderate internet addicts (45.6%) followed by mild internet addicts (31.2%), normal internet users (18.5%) and severe internet addicts (4.2%). It was found that reported online activities significantly affect the levels of Internet use among young adults. Association was found between internet addiction and online betting, middle income and parental education as well as the course being taken in the college. Conclusion: Internet addiction both in rural and urban areas in Kenya is high and there is a need to start addressing the problem.

The rise of internet users directly influences the usage of e-commerce platform in Indonesia. This growth also influences the competition between brands whom utilize e- commerce platform, hence companies need to address digital marketing communication as primary tools to compete in consumer market. As one of the most well-known shoes brand in Indonesia, Amazara fully realizes the potential of digital marketing sector and trying to implement digital marketing communication as one of its primary marketing strategy. This research examines the chosen communication strategy of Amazara in digital and internet platform. Primary data was taken from in-depth interview with owner and employees. Collected data was classified into categories and processed through data implementation to understand the depth knowledge about this specific case. Interpretation results were compared with theoretical context from literature studies, and formulated to reach primary conclusion. The results of the study indicate that the company has carried out planning and evaluation to develop digital marketing. The company has also developed an AIDA-based digital marketing strategy

Today, the internet extensively impacts people’s lives through improved communications, interactions, and the exchange of information. Despite all these positive effects, it also causes in significant negative issues. Over the recent years, cases of online fraud, cyber-bullying, racial abuse, gambling, and pornography have increased due to the lack of self-control and overall awareness among internet users. Therefore, there is a need to create awareness and training on cybersecurity in schools to protect students from cyber-bullying, online fraud, and being targets of prejudice. Research reveals that the level of self-control and awareness among internet users is still moderate and low. To ensure cybersecurity awareness and knowledge among internet users, young people need to get educated on how to operate safely in cyberspace. This education will guarantee that they understand how to protect themselves from cybercrimes. To this extent, this research paper will explore the essence of cybersecurity education in schools and provide strategies that educators can utilize to promote cybersecurity education across learning institutions. This paper will thus conclude how cybersecurity training can be implemented in a learning institution.

Despite the fact that the Internet has had a positive effect on people's lives, there have been some negative problems associated with its use. Owing to a lack of knowledge and self-mechanism among Internet users to protect themselves from being victims of cyber-bullying, online fraud, racial abuse, pornography, and gambling, cases of cyber-bully, online fraud, racial abuse, pornography, and gambling have risen dramatically. However, previous research has shown that Internet users’ awareness is still poor or moderate. One of the most important steps to take is to instill information and understanding in Internet users as early as possible, i.e., young children. Young children, in particular, must be taught how to act safely in cyberspace and how to defend themselves in the process. The aim of this systematic review paper is to investigate why it is so important for modern learners to be informed about the dangers of being involved in cyberspace, as well as the methods that stakeholders may use to encourage cyber security education in schools. A few methods for implementing cyber security education in schools are addressed in this article.

The internet can have a positive impact on its users if its use is based on good values ​​and ethics. However, at this time there has been a tendency to ignore values ​​and ethics by Internet users because Internet media users can browse whatever they want and will experience realities beyond what they do everyday so they tend to ignore the existing character structures, value systems and norms. agreed upon in the community.The general objective to be achieved in this study is to describe and analyze the relationship between the use of internet media and creative motives for the character of students in public high schools in Bandung. The approach used in this research is a quantitative approach with a survey method. The population is students of class XI SMA Negeri in the city of Bandung. Determination of the research sample using multi stage random sampling as many as 159 students. Data collection used a questionnaire and analyzed using correlation and regression analysis. Based on data processing and analysis, research results that describe; There is a relationship between the use of internet media and creative motives on the character of students by 31.1%, while the rest is influenced by other factors which are not examined in this study. The use of internet media with creative motives has a positive relationship and influence on efforts to build the character of students in schools, so it is recommended that civic education teachers need to direct and guide students to be wiser in using internet media.

Objective: Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide, patients with asthma often use the Internet as a source of information. Youtube is the world's largest and most visited video site, with 92% of internet users in our country visiting it. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of education by analyzing the information content of asthma-related videos on the most commonly used platform.Materials and Methods: YouTube search was performed using the keyword "astım", including the 100 most Turkish Asthma videos were analyzed for characteristics, source, and content. A scoring system was established to assess quality of video.Results: One hundred videos were analyzed, subject content was most commonly related to patient education (58%), while the second included videos about alternative treatments(37%). Videos of other health professionals had the highest score. View number of alternative medicine channels was higher than health professionals.Conclusion: The most watched asthma videos on YouTube platform were evaluated, the videos of health professionals had highest quality, but the videos with the most alternative medicine content were viewed according to their viewing rates. There is a need to produce high-quality, educational materials by asthma healthcare professionals., Amaç: Astım dünya genelinde 300 milyondan fazla kişiyi etkilemektedir, astımlı hastalar sıklıkla interneti bir bilgi kaynağı olarak kullanırlar. Youtube ülkemizde internet kullanıcılarının %92 oranla en sık ziyaret ettiği platformların başında gelmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı astımla ilişkili videoların bilgi içeriklerini analiz ederek videoların eğitim kalitesi değerlendirmektir.Materyal ve Metot: "Astım" anahtar kelimesini kullanarak Youtube araması yapıldı, en çok izlenen 100 video dahil edildi. Özellikler, kaynak ve içerik açısından analiz edildi. Video kalitesini değerlendirmek için bir puanlama sistemi oluşturuldu. Bulgular: Yüz video analiz edildi, konu içeriği olarak en sık hasta eğitimi ile ilgili (%58), ikinci sırada alternatif tedavilerle ilgili videolar yer almaktaydı (%37). Diğer sağlık profesyonellerinin videoları en yüksek puana sahipti ve diğer kaynaklardan önemli ölçüde yüksekti. Alternatif tıp kanallarını izlenme sayısı sağlık profesyonellerinin izlenme sayısından yüksekti. Sonuç: YouTube platformundaki en çok izlenen astım videoları değerlendirildi, içerik analizi yapıldığında sağlık profesyonellerinin videoları en yüksek kalitedeydi, ancak izlenme oranlarına göre bakıldığında en çok alternatif tıp içerikli videoların izlendiği görüldü. Astımla ilgilenen sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından üretilecek daha çok izlenecek yüksek kaliteli, eğitici materyaller üretilmesine ihtiyaç vardır.

Saat ini masyarakat tidak bisa terlepas dari penggunaan internet sebagai sarana komunikasi yang menjadi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengkaji kajian hubungan pengeluaran penduduk dan tingkat kemiskinan dengan penggunaan internet di kabupaten/kota di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan. Penelitian bersifat potong lintang dengan pendekatan analisis statistik deskriptif terhadap pengguna internet, pengeluaran penduduk dan tingkat kemiskinan. Terdapat keterkaitan bahwa penggunaan internet dengan tujuan pembelian/penjualan barang/jasa termasuk ke dalam pengeluaran per kapita per orang penduduk kabupaten/kota di Sumatera Selatan dengan nilai R square yang diperoleh adalah 0,5969.

Background Bariatric surgery (BaS) is the safest, most effective, and most durable therapy for obesity but is performed in less than 1% of the affected United States (US) population. It is challenging to determine from traditional surveys if this phenomenon is the result of poor access to care or lack of interest among Internet users. Objectives The aim of this study was to use Google Trends (GT) as a tool to analyze the US general population interest in BaS. Setting Academic Hospital, United States. Methods GT was used to access data searched for the term bariatric surgery. The gathered information included data from 2008 through 2018 in English within the US. Search frequency, time intervals, locations, frequent topics of interest, and related searches were analyzed. GT reports search frequency on means, and a value of 100 represented peak popularity. Results The number of Google searches related to the term bariatric surgery has gradually increased over time, from a mean of 67% in 2008 to a 94% interest in 2017. Regarding interest by subregion in 2017, the state of Michigan lead the frequency of searches, followed by Indiana, Delaware, West Virginia, and Tennessee. Top searched terms by frequency were the following: patient eligibility for BaS, what is BaS, what are the complications of BaS, financial costs of BaS, and what insurance companies cover BaS. It appears that traditional Web sites only address a few. Conclusions GT complements the understanding of interest in BaS. Using these trends can improve an Internet user’s education, and tailor specific official Web sites for the public’s general interest.

In this paper, Sequential Topic Patterns (STPs) technique is used to formulate the issues of User-aware Rare Sequential Topic Patterns (URSTPs) mining in Internet document soure. The Sequential Subject Pattern (STP) is used to define and track Internet users' customised and abnormal behaviours. In certain real - world contexts, STP is incorporated, such as tracking of irregular user behaviours. A set of algorithms are used in three stages to overcome innovative mining issues: first, pre-processing to retrieve probabilistic topics and define sessions for various users. Second, using pattern-growth, generating all the STP candidates with (predicted) support factors for each user. Third, by doing user-aware rarity evaluation on derived STPs, choosing URSTPs.

The aim of the study was to identify the factors influencing the use of internet in Damanhur town, analyzing population demographic, economic and social characteristics, and identifying levels of satisfaction with the network and its positive and negative aspects. The study adopted the analytical inductive approach which detailing and clarifying the phenomenon of internet users to reach the desired results, it also relied on SPSS for many statistical and cartographic methods. The study resulted in several results, which were: - Age group (15, less than 30 years old) has the highest internet penetration rate in town. - High percentage of low-income network users. - The use of the network through social networking sites at the top of the reasons for use. - Most users were satisfied with the cost and efficiency of internet, despite the multitude of problems. - Continuation of the sample of the study in the use of internet, despite the problems that may be. Key Words: Internet users, population satisfaction, Damanhur town.