2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Multilevel analysis of the effects of ICTs use on social lives

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20830021
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	KITAMURA Satoshi The University of Tokyo, 大学院・情報学環, 特任助教 (40511960)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	インターネット / デジタルデバイド / 地域共同体 / 社会関係資本 / ICTs
Research Abstract	In this study, taking Internet diffusion rate into consideration, I examined the effects of Internet use on social lives. Firstly, the results of analysis indicate that people who live in an area with higher diffusion of Internet usage more actively use the Internet. Secondly, it is indicated that the use of mobile phone e-mail has a positive effect on the values that focus on the individual's private life only in prefectures where the rate of diffusion of mobile phone e-mail use is high though web use through a personal computer has a positive effect on internal political efficacy.

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