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Reference
Title: | Share, Steal, or Buy? A Social Cognitive Perspective of Music Downloading |
Author: | Robert Larose [Michigan State University], Junghyun Kim [Kent State University] |
Source: | Cyberpsychology & Behavior 10, no. 2: 267-277 |
Year: | 2007 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Music |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To test and extend the social cognitive theory of downloading on a sample of college students. |
Sample: | 134 randomly selected college students with experience in downloading files from the Internet |
Methodology: | Online questionnaire advertised through campus mail invitations including a 25-cent coin |
Main Findings
Found that industry and university efforts to convince students that downloading is morally wrong had little impact. Suggest that the most effective way to influence the behaviour of heavy downloaders is through their peers.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]