ITR: HomeNetToo: Motivational, affective and cognitive factors and Internet use: Explaining the digital divide and the Internet paradox

HomeNetToo是一个研究项目，旨在解决两个基本问题：是什么原因导致人们使用或不使用互联网？互联网的使用对人们有什么影响？通过将动机、情感和认知因素作为互联网使用的前因和结果，提出了一个互联网使用的模型。HomeNetToo的参与者将是低收入的非洲裔美国人和欧洲裔美国人家庭，他们将被介绍给互联网，作为一种交流工具或信息工具。在为期18个月的试验中，互联网使用的在线调查和计算机记录的测量将被用来检验关于互联网使用的前因后果的假设。认知风格和界面设计之间的关系也将被研究。结果将对如何缩小数字鸿沟，如何设计用户界面以适应不同的认知风格，以及确定影响互联网使用是否会产生令人满意的个人、社会和职业后果的因素产生影响。

HomeNetToo is a research project designed to address two fundamental questions: What causes people to use or not use the Internet? What effect does Internet use have on people? A model of Internet use is proposed that addresses these questions by considering motivational, affective, and cognitive factors as antecedents and consequences of Internet use. Participants in HomeNetToo will be low-income African American and European American families who will be introduced to the Internet as a communication tool or an information tool. On-line surveys and computer-logged measures of Internet use will be used to test hypotheses about the antecedents and consequences of Internet use over an 18-month trial. Relationships between cognitive style and interface design will also be examined. Results will have implications for how to reduce the digital divide, how to design user interfaces to accommodate diverse cognitive styles, and for identifying factors that influence whether Internet use will have desirable personal, social and professional consequences.