Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
A Comparative Study of Mobile Internet Usage between the U.S. and Korea Cover

A Comparative Study of Mobile Internet Usage between the U.S. and Korea

Open Access
|Aug 2014

References

  1. American Society of Addiction Medicine The Definition of Addiction 2011 Retrieved from http://www.asam.org/advocacy/find-a-policy-statement/view-policy-statement/public-policy-statements/2011/12/15/the-definition-of-addiction
  2. Block J. Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction American Journal of Psychiatry 2008 165 3 306 7 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07101556
  3. Casey B. Linking Psychological Attributes to Smart Phone Addiction, Face-to-Face Communication, Present Absence and Social Capital. (Master’s thesis) 2012 Chinese University Hong Kong Retrieved from http://pg.com.cuhk.edu.hk/pgp_nm/projects/2012/BIAN%20Mengwei%20Casey.pdf
  4. Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association Wireless Quick Facts 2012 Retrieved from http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/aid/10323
  5. Chosunilbo Kakao Talk Daily Traffic Hits 3 Billion 2012 Retrieved from http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/07/27/2012072701392.html
  6. Christakis D. Moreno M. Jelenchick L. Myaing M. Zhou C. Problematic Internet Usage in US College Students: A Pilot Study BMC Medicine 2011 9 1 6 10.1186/1741-7015-9-77
  7. ComScore Reports June 2012 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share 2012 Retrieved from http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2012/8/comScore_Reports_June_2012_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share
  8. Dixit S. Shukla H. Bhagwat A. Bindal A. Goyal A. Zaidi A. Shrivastava A. A Study to Evaluate Mobile Phone Dependence Among Students of a Medical College and Associated Hospital of Central India Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2010 35 2 339 41 10.4103/0970-0218.66878
  9. Egger O. Internet Behavior and Addiction 1996 Retrieved from http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/g.w.m.rauterberg/ibq/report.pdf
  10. Hou B. Government Policy regarding Internet Addiction in the United States 2011 Retrieved from https://faculty.washington.edu/markk/sites/default/files/Governmental Policy Regarding Internet Addiction BHOU.pdf
  11. International Data Corporation IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker 2012 Retrieved from http://www.idc.com
  12. Jang K. Hwang S. Choi J. Internet Addiction and Psychiatric Symptoms among Korean Adolescents Journal of School Health 2008 78 3 165 71 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00279.x
  13. Kandell J. Internet Addiction on Campus: The Vulnerability of College Students CyberPsychology & Behavior 1998 1 1 11 17 10.1089/cpb.1998.1.11
  14. Korea Communications Commission Statistics for Wired and Wireless Subscribers in Korea 2012 Retrieved from http://kcc.go.kr/user.do?mode=view&page=P02060400&dc=K02060400&boardId=1030&cp=1&boardSeq=34844
  15. Korea National Statistical Office 2009 Time Use Survey 2010 Retrieved from http://kostat.go.kr/portal/english/news/1/8/index.board?bmode=read&aSeq=70401
  16. Kung V. Rise of ‘Nomophobia’: More People Fear Loss of Mobile Contact 2012 CNN Retrieved from http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-06/tech/tech_mobile_nomophobia-mobile-addiction_1_mobile-phone-cell-students?_s=PM:TECH
  17. Lee C. Smartphone Addiction: Disease or Obsession? 2012 Retrieved from http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/113_117506.html
  18. Lee J. Is a mobile instant messenger becoming a major platform on the mobile space, at least in Korea? The Online Economy: Strategy and Enterpreneurship 2012 Retrieved from http://www.onlineeconomy.org/is-a-mobile-instant-messenger-becoming-a-major-platform-on-the-mobile-space-at-least-in-korea
  19. Lee Y. Chang C. Lin Y. Cheng Z. The dark side of smartphone usage: Psychological traits, compulsive behavior and technostress Computers in Human Behavior 2014 31 373 383 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.047
  20. Leung L. Leisure Boredom, Sensation Seeking, Self-esteem, Addiction Symptoms and Patterns of Mobile Phone Use 2007 Mediated Interpersonal Communication, Mahwah, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Retrieved from http://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/ccpos/en/pdf/mp9-CMC.pdf
  21. Mythily S. Qiu S. Winslow M. Prevalence and Correlates of Excessive Internet Use among youth in Singapore, Ann Acad Med Singapore 2008 37 1 9 14
  22. Organization for Economic Co-operation Development Broadband Growth and Policies in OECD Countries 2008 Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/sti/broadbandandtelecom/40629067.pdf
  23. Organization for Economic Co-operation Development OECD Family Database 2010 Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/els/familiesandchildren/43199696.pdf
  24. Organization for Economic Co-operation Development OECD Key ICT Indicators 2012 Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/internet/interneteconomy/oecdkeyictindicators.htm
  25. Pies R. Should DSM-V Designate “Internet Addiction” a Mental Disorder? Psychiatry 2009 6 2 31 37
  26. Stewart K. Choi H. P. PC-Bang (Room) Culture: A Study of Korea College Students’ private and Public Use of Computers and the Internet Trends in Communication 2003 11 1 61 77 10.1207/S15427439TC1101_05
  27. The Telegraph Smartphones Hardly Used for Calls 2012 Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/9365085/Smartphones-hardly-used-for-calls.html
  28. Time Mobility Poll 2012 Retrieved from http://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/time-mobility-poll-cooperation-qualcomm
  29. U.S. Census Bureau Commuting in the United States 2011 Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf
  30. Wang W. Internet dependency and psychosocial maturity among college students International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2001 55 6 919 938 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0510
  31. Weinstain A. Feder L. Rosenberg K. P. Dannon P. Rosenberg K. P. Feder L. Internet Addiction Disorder: Overview and controversies Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatement 2014 London, UK Academic Press 99 117 10.1016/B978-0-12-407724-9.00005-7
  32. Whang L. Lee S. Chang G. Internet Over-Users’ Psychological Profiles: A Behavior Sampling Analysis on Internet Addiction CyberPsychology & Behavior 2003 6 2 145 50 10.1089/109493103321640338
  33. White M. Internet Addiction: A Review of Associated Health Hazards 2011 Retrieved from http://www.myhealthyhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Tech-Invasion-Internet-Addiction.pdf
  34. Widyanto L. McMurran M. ‘The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test CyberPsychology and Behavior 2004 7 4 443 450 10.1089/cpb.2004.7.443
  35. Yoo H. Cho S. Ha J. Yune S. Kim S. Whang J. Lyoo I. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms and Internet Addiction Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2004 58 487 94 10.1089/109493103321640338
  36. Young K. Caught in the Net: How to recognize the signs of Internet addiction and a winning strategy for recovery 1998 New York, NY John Wiley & Sons
  37. Young K. Assessment of Internet Addiction 2008 Retrieved from http://www.icsao.org/fileadmin/Divers_papiers/KYoung-Internetaddiction5.pdf
  38. Zhang L. Amos C. McDowell W. A Comparative Study of Internet Addiction between the United States and China CyberPsychology & Behavior 2008 11 6 727 9 10.1089/cpb.2008.0026
  39. Zhou T. Lu Y. Wang B. Integrating TTF and UTAUT to explain mobile banking user adoption Computers in Human Behavior 2010 26 760 767 10.1016/j.chb.2010.01.013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.cg | Journal eISSN: 2222-6931
Language: English
Page range: 46 - 55
Published on: Aug 26, 2014
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Luke Yunkeun Shin, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.