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Micro and Macro Spatial Dimensions of New Media in Five European Countries

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Toward Autonomous, Adaptive, and Context-Aware Multimodal Interfaces. Theoretical and Practical Issues

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The aim of this paper is to investigate how the possession of computers and mobile phones and access to the Internet is influenced by micro and macro spatial dimensions and how Europeans have embedded the possession of these technologies into the spatial dimension of their daily life. We gathered our data from two telephone surveys carried out in five European countries (Italy, France, Spain, the UK and Germany) using a representative sample of their populations (N=6609 in 1996 and N=7255 in 2009). Both surveys were sponsored by Telecom Italia. To accurately represent the spatial dimensions of Europe we focused on four variables: house size, city size, socio-economic macro area and country. These variables were analyzed alongside computer and mobile phone ownership and Internet access. The results have allowed us to obtain new insights into how the spatial dimensions of European societies are related to the diffusion of computers, the Internet and mobile phones.

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  1. Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, Second University of Naples, and IIASS, Via Pellegrino 19, 84019, Vietri sul Mare (SA), Italy

    Anna Esposito

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Napoli, Italy

    Antonietta M. Esposito

  3. Dipartemento di Ingegneria dell’ Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Roma 29, 81031, Aversa (CE), Italy

    Raffaele Martone

  4. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anatolia College/ACT, Kennedy Street, 55510, Pylaia, Greece

    Vincent C. Müller

  5. Departmnet of Physics "E.R. Caoamoeööp", University of Salerno and IIASS, International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, 84081, Baronissi (SA), Italy

    Gaetano Scarpetta

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Fortunati, L., de Luca, F. (2011). Micro and Macro Spatial Dimensions of New Media in Five European Countries. In: Esposito, A., Esposito, A.M., Martone, R., Müller, V.C., Scarpetta, G. (eds) Toward Autonomous, Adaptive, and Context-Aware Multimodal Interfaces. Theoretical and Practical Issues. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18184-9_17

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