International comparative study of identity as presented on the Internet

The objective of this study is to explore the cultural differences that appear in terms of Web usage. We examined the homepages of 987 individuals of homogeneous social standings from Japan, the United States, Germany and South Korea. The contents of the homepages, such as academic backgrounds, rese...

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Published inFourth International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications : ICCIMA 2001 : proceedings : 30 October-1 November, Yokusika City, Japan pp. 77 - 81
Main Authors Nomura, S., Ishida, T., Yokozawa, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published IEEE 01.01.2001
Subjects
Computer science
Context
Cultural differences
Ducts
Electrical capacitance tomography
Humans
Internet
Pattern analysis
Statistical analysis
Tellurium
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ISBN0769513123
9780769513126
DOI10.1109/ICCIMA.2001.970447

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Summary:The objective of this study is to explore the cultural differences that appear in terms of Web usage. We examined the homepages of 987 individuals of homogeneous social standings from Japan, the United States, Germany and South Korea. The contents of the homepages, such as academic backgrounds, research outcomes and personal information, were found to exhibit interesting differences. Subjects in the United States are more likely to express the identity of researchers' aspect, Japanese their whole personal identities and Koreans social status. Professors from Germany tend to use prepared templates and do not offer much information on their homepages.
ISBN:0769513123
9780769513126
DOI:10.1109/ICCIMA.2001.970447