Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the web search behavior of adolescents from a Chinese secondary school and the factors affecting this behavior. Design/methodology/approach – A controlled experiment was conducted to collect data on adolescents’ background and their web...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper from the series “Monitoring the Media: Spotlight on Social Media Research” is to look into different approaches to study uses of social media platforms – from user statistics to motivations for using specific features within a platform....

The Comfort from Companion Animals Scale was translated into Japanese and a survey conducted of virtual pet users in the UK and in Japan. Data were used to test the notion that Japanese users have a stronger bond of affection with virtual pets than users in the West. Our findings support this...

Due to government subsidies, Brazil has witnessed an increase in the installation and use of small solar water heating systems in low-income housing projects. Although the initiative has reduced the load curve during peak times due to the reduced use of electric showerheads, measurement and...

Attracting Members in Open Institutions and Communities -- User Behavior, Volunteering, and Individual Traits -- Open Innovation, Open Source, and User Innovation -- Organizational Design, Community Optimization, Fostering Collaboration.

Introduction: The strategies that people use to browse Websites are difficult to analyse and understand: quantitative data can lack information about what a user actually intends to do, while qualitative data tends to be localised and is impractical to gather for large samples. Method: This...