{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2088614833","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2012070102","title":"Are University Students Ready to Dump Their Textbooks?: A Survey on Student Attitudes Towards E-Readers and Tablet Computers","display_name":"Are University Students Ready to Dump Their Textbooks?: A Survey on Student Attitudes Towards E-Readers and Tablet Computers","publication_year":null,"publication_date":null,"ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2088614833","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2012070102","mag":"2088614833"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jcee00:v:2:y:2012:i:3:p:15-44","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijcee.2012070102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064153014","display_name":"Mark van Heerden","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mark van Heerden","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5088521813","display_name":"Jacques Ophoff","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-5248"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacques Ophoff","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015262738","display_name":"Jean-Paul Van Belle","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-0143"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jean-Paul Van Belle","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5064153014"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11813","display_name":"Library Collection Development and Digital Resources","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11813","display_name":"Library Collection Development and Digital Resources","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9860000014305115,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10712","display_name":"Library Science and Information Literacy","score":0.9692000150680542,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/seniority","display_name":"Seniority","score":0.6431143879890442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5132119655609131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.5103013515472412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.44514554738998413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3646063208580017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.20790114998817444}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780783599","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931779","display_name":"Seniority","level":2,"score":0.6431143879890442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5132119655609131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.5103013515472412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.44514554738998413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3646063208580017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.20790114998817444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jcee00:v:2:y:2012:i:3:p:15-44","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijcee.2012070102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.7300000190734863}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1505999675","https://openalex.org/W1971152329","https://openalex.org/W2006835668","https://openalex.org/W2058267373","https://openalex.org/W2067979927","https://openalex.org/W2068327037","https://openalex.org/W2068952781","https://openalex.org/W2099960943","https://openalex.org/W2136189918","https://openalex.org/W2149613615","https://openalex.org/W2152876793","https://openalex.org/W2338566424"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W3199854070","https://openalex.org/W2028307905","https://openalex.org/W2024270586","https://openalex.org/W3172898987","https://openalex.org/W1535621823","https://openalex.org/W3125341996","https://openalex.org/W3126058408","https://openalex.org/W3171108033"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s":[0],"students":[1,184,254],"are":[2,42,62,83,90,191,234,260],"accustomed":[3],"to":[4,19,26,100,146,157,172,174,193,210,236,242,265],"a":[5,147,186,243,261,288],"world":[6,22],"where":[7,23],"information":[8,34,108,247],"is":[9],"available":[10,293],"on-demand,":[11],"anywhere":[12,215],"and":[13,29,37,50,77,117,134,154,159,165,198,208,230,255,280,297,304],"anytime.":[14],"They":[15],"bring":[16],"this":[17],"expectation":[18],"their":[20,98,249],"academic":[21,79,181],"they":[24,41,190,201,221,233],"want":[25],"work":[27],"cooperatively":[28],"flexibly,":[30],"using":[31,92],"the":[32,58,70,129,137,151,180,199,217,226,256,266,273,276,285],"modern":[33],"processing":[35],"tools":[36],"access":[38,241],"with":[39],"which":[40],"familiar.":[43],"New":[44],"hardware":[45],"platforms":[46],"such":[47,114,300],"as":[48,115,301],"e-Readers":[49,133,178,211,229],"tablet":[51],"computers":[52],"have":[53],"made":[54],"substantial":[55],"inroads":[56],"in":[57,66,216,248,294],"consumer":[59],"market.":[60],"E-Readers":[61],"becoming":[63],"more":[64],"prevalent":[65],"universities":[67,82],"\u00e2\u20ac\u201c":[68],"replacing":[69],"need":[71,286],"for":[72,287],"physical":[73],"textbooks,":[74],"lecturing":[75],"notes":[76],"other":[78],"documents.":[80],"Many":[81],"now":[84],"running":[85],"pilot":[86],"programs,":[87],"while":[88],"some":[89],"already":[91],"e-Readers.":[93],"Tablet":[94],"computers,":[95],"apart":[96],"from":[97,170,213],"ability":[99],"read,":[101],"edit":[102],"or":[103],"create":[104],"various":[105],"types":[106],"of":[107,132,139,150,228,246,263,269,275,283,291],"documents,":[109],"also":[110],"offer":[111],"additional":[112],"features":[113],"collaborative":[116],"social":[118],"networking":[119],"services.":[120],"This":[121],"empirical":[122],"research":[123],"project":[124],"investigated":[125],"student":[126,152],"perspectives":[127],"on":[128,167],"educational":[130],"use":[131,227],"tablets":[135],"within":[136,179],"University":[138],"Cape":[140],"Town.":[141],"A":[142],"questionnaire":[143],"was":[144,163],"distributed":[145],"significant":[148],"portion":[149],"population":[153],"stratified":[155],"according":[156],"seniority":[158],"faculty.":[160],"Quantitative":[161],"data":[162],"gathered":[164],"analysed":[166],"themes":[168],"ranging":[169],"awareness":[171],"preferences":[173],"facilitating":[175],"conditions":[176],"around":[177],"environment.":[182,257],"The":[183],"sent":[185],"clear":[187],"signal:":[188],"that":[189],"keen":[192],"embrace":[194],"these":[195,270],"new":[196],"technologies":[197],"advantages":[200],"offer.":[202],"E-Books":[203],"can":[204],"be":[205],"updated":[206],"automatically":[207],"downloaded":[209],"instantly":[212],"almost":[214],"world.":[218],"Students":[219],"feel":[220],"would":[222,251],"benefit":[223,252],"greatly":[224],"through":[225],"many":[231],"believe":[232],"set":[235],"replace":[237],"books":[238],"completely.":[239],"Having":[240],"portable":[244],"library":[245],"backpacks":[250],"both":[253],"However,":[258],"there":[259],"number":[262],"barriers":[264],"comprehensive":[267],"introduction":[268],"technologies,":[271],"including":[272],"cost":[274],"devices;":[277],"cost,":[278],"rights":[279],"file":[281],"format":[282,296],"e-books;":[284],"critical":[289],"mass":[290],"textbooks":[292],"digital":[295],"device":[298],"characteristics":[299],"battery":[302],"life,":[303],"ubiquitous":[305],"Wi-Fi":[306],"access.":[307]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-28T14:05:53.105641","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}