Empirical evaluation of the revised technology acceptance model
Management Science
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Understanding Internet usage: a social-cognitive approach to uses and gratifications
Social Science Computer Review
Influence of experience on personal computer utilization: testing a conceptual model
Journal of Management Information Systems
Reconceptualizing System Usage: An Approach and Empirical Test
Information Systems Research
Information and Management
Using the Internet: Skill related problems in users' online behavior
Interacting with Computers
How and why do college students use Wikipedia?
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Experience effects on the accuracy of self-assessed user competence
Information and Management
The effect of Internet use on adolescents' lifestyles: A national survey
Computers in Human Behavior
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The measurement of Internet use in empirical studies has undergone a progression from uni-item measurement to multi-item measurement. Based on several operationalizations of Internet use in existing studies, the paper proposes a reflective measurement model, called 'sophistication of Internet usage' (SIU), with five indicators (online time, online activities, online skills, diversity of online method, and diversity of online places). With data from a longitudinal random survey conducted in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2005, a uni-dimension measurement model is established based on confirmatory factor analysis. Convergent and discriminant validity of the uni-dimension model is also established within multi-trait-multi-method (MTMM) paradigm by confirmatory factor analysis. The model shows that individuals' positive life outcome expectation, expected ease of use, and perceived popularity of the Internet are significant antecedents of SIU with demographic characteristics controlled.