Effects of Internet use on self-efficacy: perceived network-changing possibility as a mediator |
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| Authors: | Kaichiro Furutani Tetsuro Kobayashi Mitsuhiro Ura |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Hijiyama University, 4-1-1 Ushidashinmatchi, Higashi-Ward, Hiroshima-city, Hiroshima, Japan;(2) Information and Society Research Division, National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan;(3) Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima-city, Hiroshima, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The effect of Internet use as a mediating variable on self-efficacy as it relates to the cognition of network-changing possibility
(i.e., connecting people or groups with different social backgrounds) was examined. The results showed that Internet use (i.e.,
the frequency of sending e-mail, friends made on the Internet) had a positive effect on the cognition of network-changing
possibility. The cognition that it is possible to connect people with different social backgrounds by using the Internet also
had a positive effect on self-efficacy. On the other hand, the cognition that it is possible to find people or groups who
share beliefs and interests by using the Internet negatively affected self-efficacy. Hence, it was found that the effect of
Internet use on self-efficacy was different as a function of cognition of network-changing possibility.
Research for this study was supported by grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKANHI15330137.
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