dc.contributor.advisor |
Sundaram, D |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Myers, M |
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dc.contributor.author |
Vodanovich, Shahper |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-02-18T21:46:22Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21652 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The term ‘Digital Natives’ commonly refers to young people who have been born and raised in a world where technologies are ubiquitous. Digital natives are meeting the common challenges of adolescence such as the development of social, cognitive and emotional wellbeing in these ubiquitous spaces. While research on ubiquitous spaces within the Information Systems domain is gaining popularity, there is very little emphasis on the role of digital natives within these spaces. Similarly, digital native use of the Internet as a ubiquitous space is a popular research area within the youth development and educational domains. However, despite the popular interest in this topic there is insufficient research on understanding how these ubiquitous spaces are impacting on the well-being and development of digital natives. One of the key objectives of this research was to explore digital native use of ubiquitous spaces and to provide a coherent understanding of their well-being and development in these spaces. Subsequently, the second key objective was to explain factors that may influence the impact of ubiquitous spaces on digital native well-being and development. In order to fulfil these research objectives, a research methodology which consisted of two intertwined phases was adopted: exploration and explanation. In the exploratory phase, existing digital native ubiquitous spaces were observed and exploratory research carried out, including surveys, interviews and focus groups with students and teachers at four schools in NZ and Singapore. The results from this phase enabled the proposal of concepts, models and frameworks that integrated elements from the youth, well-being and Information Systems domains. In the explanatory phase a survey instrument was created that drew together constructs from the aforementioned domains and tested the validity of the models and frameworks proposed. The survey, conducted with respondents from NZ and USA, explored the relationship between the use of ubiquitous spaces, in particular social networking technologies and the social competence of digital natives as well as the moderating impact of personality type and gender on this relationship. The findings suggest that digital natives with personality type extravert, agreeableness or neuroticism significantly moderate the relationship between use of SNTs and social competence. In addition, contrary to existing research, the data revealed that gender does not moderate this relationship. The proposed models and frameworks enable a coherent understanding of the well-being and development of digital natives in ubiquitous spaces. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Digital Native Well-being and Development in Ubiquitous Spaces |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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pubs.author-url |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21652 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
427731 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-02-19 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112907468 |
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