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The Role of Social Culture in Internet Adoption in Greece: Unpacking "I Don't Want to Use the Internet" and Frequency of Use
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posted on 2016-12-06, 10:00 authored by Panayiota TsatsouThis article examines the role of social culture in Internet adoption in Greece. It employs Hofstede's five-dimensional framework of national culture and analyzes the European Social Survey 2008 data. It finds that social culture in general and particularly people's past or future orientation in life, and to a lesser extent their degree of openness to difference and novelty in life, are significant drivers of Internet adoption in Greece. It argues that the persistently low level of Internet adoption in Greece can be explained by pointing to a traditional, uncertainty-avoidant, and novelty-resistant culture that discourages technological development and innovation. It concludes that to explain that the statement "I don't want to use the Internet" and frequency of use and other such behavioral patterns, one should look beyond demographics, practical, and real-life factors and examine broader and socioculturally embedded drivers of Internet adoption.
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Information Society, 2012, 28 (3), pp. 174-188Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Media and CommunicationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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Information SocietyPublisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)issn
0197-2243eissn
1087-6537Acceptance date
2012-02-22Available date
2016-12-06Publisher DOI
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01972243.2012.670190Language
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