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The Impact of Multidimensionality of Literacy on the Use of Digital Technology: Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives

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Well-Being in the Information Society. Fighting Inequalities (WIS 2018)

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Considering the speed at which new digital technologies are evolving, it is the aim of this paper to assess the impact of multidimensionality of literacy on intention to use digital technologies. An empirical research, using antecedent factors of adoption, is executed to investigate the relationships between factors influencing digital immigrants and digital natives’ intentions to use digital technology. By using a survey data of 118 and 127 digital immigrants and digital natives, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) are applied. The results of the analyses while show some similarities, reveal that these two groups are different in many aspects and their intentions to use technology are influenced by different factors. Moreover, fsQCA results, while supporting the SEM findings, show that there are multiple configurations of conditions leading to the outcome of interest.

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The first author of this paper would like to thank the generous financial support by Säästöpankkien Tutkimussäätiö [Research Foundation of Savings Banks] in Finland. This research was also partially supported by Academy of Finland for DiWIL funded project (No: 295743). We thank our colleagues from Åbo Akademi University who provided comments, feedback and expertise that greatly assisted our research, although they may not agree with all of the interpretations/conclusions of this paper.

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    Shahrokh Nikou, Malin Brännback & Gunilla Widén

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Nikou, S., Brännback, M., Widén, G. (2018). The Impact of Multidimensionality of Literacy on the Use of Digital Technology: Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives. In: Li, H., Pálsdóttir, Á., Trill, R., Suomi, R., Amelina, Y. (eds) Well-Being in the Information Society. Fighting Inequalities. WIS 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 907. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97931-1_10

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