Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan
The burgeoning interest in social capital within the technology community represents a welcome move towards a concern for the social elements of technological adaptation and capacity. Since technology plays an ever larger role in our daily life, it is necessary to articulate social capital and its r...
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| author | Hsieh-Hua Yang Fen Fen Huang Yi-Horng Lai Hung-Jen Yang Jui-Chen Yu |
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| description | The burgeoning interest in social capital within the technology community represents a welcome move towards a concern for the social elements of technological adaptation and capacity. Since technology plays an ever larger role in our daily life, it is necessary to articulate social capital and its relationship to technological literacy. A nationwide data was collected by area sampling, and position generator was used to measure social capital. Regression model was constructed for technological literacy. Age, gender, education, income, web access, and social capital were included as independent variables. The results show that age, gender, education, web access, and social capital were good predictors of technological literacy. It is concluded that social capital is helpful in coping with rapid technological change. Theoretical and empirical implications and future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e73be7be99ee4a4b80bec00a591c022d2025-02-03T01:21:43ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2012-01-01201210.1100/2012/149132149132Social Capital and Technological Literacy in TaiwanHsieh-Hua Yang0Fen Fen Huang1Yi-Horng Lai2Hung-Jen Yang3Jui-Chen Yu4Department of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, No. 58, Section 2, Szechwan Road, Banciao District, New Taipei City 220, TaiwanDepartment of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, No. 58, Section 2, Szechwan Road, Banciao District, New Taipei City 220, TaiwanDepartment of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, No. 58, Section 2, Szechwan Road, Banciao District, New Taipei City 220, TaiwanDepartment of Industrial Technology Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No. 62, Shenjhong Road, Yanchao Township, Kaohsiung County 824, TaiwanDivision of Collection and Research, National Science and Technology Museum, No. 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, TaiwanThe burgeoning interest in social capital within the technology community represents a welcome move towards a concern for the social elements of technological adaptation and capacity. Since technology plays an ever larger role in our daily life, it is necessary to articulate social capital and its relationship to technological literacy. A nationwide data was collected by area sampling, and position generator was used to measure social capital. Regression model was constructed for technological literacy. Age, gender, education, income, web access, and social capital were included as independent variables. The results show that age, gender, education, web access, and social capital were good predictors of technological literacy. It is concluded that social capital is helpful in coping with rapid technological change. Theoretical and empirical implications and future research are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/149132 |
| spellingShingle | Hsieh-Hua Yang Fen Fen Huang Yi-Horng Lai Hung-Jen Yang Jui-Chen Yu Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan |
| title_full | Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan |
| title_short | Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan |
| title_sort | social capital and technological literacy in taiwan |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/149132 |
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