11.12.2012 Views

(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

The Asian Conference on Media & Mass Communication Osaka, Japan<br />

Source Dependent Variable<br />

Blogs<br />

Discussion<br />

boards<br />

Email<br />

Mobile (SMS)<br />

Online news<br />

websites<br />

Social Networks<br />

*Significant at 5%.<br />

Table 2: Tests of Between-Subjects Effects<br />

Type III<br />

Sum of<br />

Squares df<br />

Mean<br />

Square F Sig.<br />

Usage Reasons 8.570 4 2.143 2.608 .037<br />

Influence 7.037 4 1.759 2.268 .063<br />

Consumption 3.644 4 .911 .969 .425<br />

Usage Reasons 2.272 4 .568 .692 .599<br />

Influence 9.971 4 2.493 3.213 .014<br />

Consumption 4.480 4 1.120 1.191 .316<br />

Usage Reasons 1.623 4 .406 .494 .740<br />

Influence 5.458 4 1.365 1.759 .138<br />

Consumption 1.204 4 .301 .320 .864<br />

Usage Reasons 8.178 4 2.044 2.489 .044<br />

Influence 2.025 4 .506 .653 .626<br />

Consumption 13.696 4 3.424 3.641 .007<br />

Usage Reasons 17.398 4 4.349 5.295 .000<br />

Influence 19.234 4 4.809 6.198 .000<br />

Consumption 3.869 4 .967 1.029 .393<br />

Usage Reasons 1.033 4 .258 .314 .868<br />

Influence 4.259 4 1.065 1.373 .244<br />

Consumption 6.095 4 1.524 1.620 .170<br />

Table 2 shows that email and social networks were not significant (p value less than<br />

0.05) for all three factors. Blogs, mobile and online news websites were statistically<br />

significant for Usage Reasons. Discussion boards and online news websites were statistically<br />

significant for Influence while mobile was significant for Consumption.<br />

Usage Reasons<br />

This factor was affected by online, blogs and mobile. Based on the estimated<br />

marginals, the highest mean (0.758) was for those who access online news websites “always”<br />

(Table 3) and blogs “often” (mean =0.303) for political news and information. This would<br />

imply that those who use these two media frequently use it because of the ease of obtaining<br />

political information and the variety of the information that they offer. Gender was not<br />

significant for this factor.<br />

560

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!