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Takahira, Mieko; Ando, Reiko; Sakamoto, Akira – Computers in the Schools, 2008
This study focused on whether Internet use improves skills for practical use of information, which is termed information literacy in Japan. Data from Japanese elementary school children (n = 702) were analyzed in a two-wave panel study in order to estimate the causal relationship between Internet use and information literacy. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
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Kobayashi, Tetsuro – Human Communication Research, 2010
This article examines the democratic potential of online communities by investigating the influence of network heterogeneity on social tolerance in an online gaming environment. Online game communities are potential sources of bridging social capital because they tend to be relatively heterogeneous. Causal analyses are conducted using structural…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Internet, Social Capital