Addicted to pillaging in cyberspace: Investigating the role of internet addiction in digital piracy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States;2. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States;3. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States;4. Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, United States;1. Institute for Creative Technologies, United States;2. Bard College, United States;1. University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom;2. City, University of London, London United Kingdom;3. Georgia State University;1. Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, 2504 Whitis Ave. Stop A0800, Austin, Texas, United States;2. Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea;3. National Assembly Research Service of Korea, Seoul, South Korea;1. Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117416, Singapore;2. Singapore Management University, Singapore 188065, Singapore;1. The University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA;2. The University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA |
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| Abstract: | The present exploratory study sought to address a gap in the current literature on problematic Internet use by investigating the relationship between Internet addiction and digital piracy. The main research question guiding this study was whether IA was correlated with digital piracy. The expectation was that IA would indeed be correlated with digital piracy and increase odds of perpetration. Secondly, taking into account that previous literature on both IA and digital piracy emphasizes the importance of online relationships (Acier and Kern, 2011, Fitzpatrick, 2008, Marcum et al., 2011), it was expected that deviant peer association would increase the odds of pirating. Finally, taking into account that previous research on both IA and digital piracy has largely shown that these problems affect a greater proportion of males (Andreou and Svoli, 2013, Gunter et al., 2010, Hinduja, 2012, Lam et al., 2009, Shaw and Black, 2008), it was expected that being male would increase the odds of pirating. |
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| Keywords: | Digital piracy Internet Cybercrime |
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