... technology for learning. Practical implications This study suggests that college freshmen are more likely to use YouTube for academic learning purposes when the freshmen hold favorable attitudes about the platform and when the freshmen believe the freshmen's peers are also using YouTube to supplement...

...Vahideh Zarea Gavgani; Ali Roshani Shiramin Purpose The objective of this study is to find out physicians' attitudes towards prescribing information to patients and the barriers they may face regarding IPs to patients. Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional survey of 176 physicians...

...Chuanfu Chen; Ping Wang; Dan Wu; Yaqi Liu; Gang Wu; Haoqin Ma Purpose The goal of this paper is to identify the attitudes of the chairs of library and information science (LIS) programs in Chinese universities toward the iSchools movement. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data...

..., questions about the effects of e‐readers on individual reading practices and the potential applications for library delivery systems have yet to be examined. This study is one of the first to investigate the use of portable e‐book readers. Electronic books User studies Information studies Attitudes...

... and as such utilises an interpretive, qualitative methodology. In depth interviews and focus group interviews were analysed using tools from grounded theory methodology. Findings There was a positive, yet ambivalent, attitude towards new information and communication technologies (ICTs) amongst the women...

... the context for the project by outlining a short history of distance education, describing the media used in providing remote education, and to review research literature on achievement, attitude, barriers to learning and learner characteristics. Design/methodology/approach Literature review...