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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2005.03.002 Byline: Richard Joiner (a), Mark Brosnan (a), Jill Duffield (b), Jeff Gavin (a), Pam Maras (c) Keywords: Internet anxiety; Internet identification; Internet use Abstract: This paper reports a study investigating the relationship between Internet identification, Internet anxiety and Internet use. The participants were 446 students (319 females and 127 males) from two universities in the UK and one university in Australia. Measures of Internet identification and Internet anxiety were developed. The majority of participants were NOT anxious about using the Internet, although there were approximately 8% who showed evidence of Internet anxiety. There was a significant and negative relationship between Internet anxiety and Internet use. Those who were more anxious about using the Internet used the Internet less, although the magnitude of effect was small. There was a positive and significant relationship between Internet use and Internet identification. Those who scored high on the measure of Internet identification used the Internet more than those who did not. There was also a significant and negative relationship between Internet anxiety and Internet identification. Finally, males had a significantly higher Internet identification score than females. Implications of these findings are discussed. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK (b) School of Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK (c) Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Greenwich, London, UK

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2005.01.001 Byline: Richard Joiner (a), Jessica Nethercott (a), Richard Hull (b), Jo Reid (b) Keywords: Ubiquitous technology; Learning; Intrinsic motivation; Location based games Abstract: The aim of the study was to explore the design of situated educational and compelling experiences using SoundScape technology - which is a ubiquitous technology. Two experiences were designed: one that had a goal and the other that did not. Twenty six children then explored both experiences. The children found that the SoundScape with a goal was more interesting and were more likely to want to have another go than the non-goal version. They also made more positive comments concerning the goal version. Mentioning the presence of a goal as important factor in determining why they liked the game. More negative comments were made concerning the non-goal version and the children mentioned the lack of a goal as negative aspect of the non-goal version. One improvement they suggested for the non-goal version was to add a goal and to include more sensory stimulation. They overwhelmingly preferred the goal version compared to the non-goal version and when asked by far the most popular reason was the presence of a goal. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK (b) Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK