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ICDC - the Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication is grounded in collaborative, trans-disciplinary research projects. The Institute is committed to engaging with contemporary cultural issues, while analysing the social, economic and political discourses and communicative practices that shape meaning around these.

In recent years, work at the Institute has focused on the key concerns of culture, discourse and communication. Scholars from various disciplines have come together on projects spanning language use, media such as the internet and television, and national identity.

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    Internet and Society Panel Project. The Impact of Participation and Use of Social Networking Sites on Well-being and Life Satisfaction
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2010) Billot, J; Crothers, C; Gibson, A
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    The Internet in New Zealand 2009
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication, AUT University, 2010) Smith, P; Smith, N; Sherman, K; Goodwin, I; Crothers, C; Billot, J; Bell, A
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    The Internet in New Zealand 2011
    (Institute of Culture Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2011) Smith, P; Gibson, A; Crothers, C; Billot, J; Bell, A
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    The Internet in New Zealand: 2007–2009
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication, AUT University, 2010) Bell, A; Billot, J; Crothers, C; Gibson, A; Goodwin, I; Sherman, K; Smith, N; Smith, P
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    The Internet in New Zealand 2013
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2013-11-21) Gibson, A; Miller, M; Smith, P; Bell, A; Crothers, C
    Executive Summary The fourth survey of the World Internet Project New Zealand (WIPNZ) was conducted between late July and early September 2013. For the first time, the sample in 2013 used both telephone and internet surveys. This report presents an analysis of the usage of and attitudes to the internet of the resulting sample of 2006 New Zealanders. As internet use approaches saturation in New Zealand, our focus turns from ‘how many people use the internet?’ to ‘how do people use the internet?’ and ‘why do some not use the internet at all?’ To answer these questions, the sample has been divided into five categories: never-users (5% of sample), ex-users (3%), low level users (14%), first generation users (40%) and next generation users (38%). Usage For a large number of people the internet is used daily. Four out of five spend an hour or more online at home every day. Almost everyone under 40 is online, so that only 1% of our under-40 sample are non-users. Accessing the internet ‘on the go’ is prevalent. Seven out of ten users access the internet from a hand-held mobile device such as a smartphone or an iPad. Almost half of the internet users surveyed (48%) said that they had accessed the internet through a tablet, while an even higher proportion (68%) connected through their mobile phone in the past year. Activities Most internet users say they surf or browse the web (96%) or visit social networking sites (81%). 34% of internet users report that they use the cloud, 41% purchase apps and almost two thirds (65%) download free apps. Most users check their email daily (89%). Just over 60% of men aged 30–44 said they have looked at sites with sexual content. Māori and Pasifika internet users, especially those in lower income households, take the lead in subscriptions to music streaming services like Spotify. More than one in five Māori (21%) and Pasifika (23%) users in households with annual incomes of less than $50,000 have paid for a subscription to a music streaming service in the past year. The internet is used as a tool for consumer decision making, with 94% of users looking for information about products online – more than half of users do this at least weekly. For 85% of users, this kind of online research includes comparing prices. Almost half of our users (47%) have logged in to secure areas on Government or Council websites, and 51% have paid taxes, fines or licences online in the past year. Comparing the importance of media Comparing the importance of various forms of media as information sources, 81% of all our respondents rated the internet (including online media such as streamed radio) as important or very important. This was very much higher than the proportion who rated offline media as important: television (47%), radio (37%) and newspapers (37%). One of the most dramatic differences according to age group is the importance of the internet as a source of entertainment and leisure. While watching (offline) television is an important leisure activity for people across all ages, using the internet as a form of entertainment is a young-person phenomenon: 80% of respondents aged 16–29 rate it as important or very important. This 2013 survey has a different sample structure than previous years in order to include New Zealanders without a landline. The questionnaire has also undergone substantial updating to keep pace with changing digital technologies. For these reasons, the present report focuses solely on the findings for 2013, and longitudinal analyses will be presented in a subsequent report next year.
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    World Internet Project New Zealand - Internet Trends in New Zealand 2007-2015
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, Auckland University of Technology, 2016) Smith, P; Bell, A; Miller, M; Crothers, C
    This report looks at and compares the findings of the eight World Internet Project in New Zealand surveys carried out in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 to identify the trends of internet use by New Zealanders.
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    World Internet Project New Zealand Pilot Project 2007 Summary Report of Findings
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2007-07-01) Bell, A; Crothers, C; Gibson, A; Goodwin, I; Sherman, K; Smith, P
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    World Internet Project New Zealand. 2009 International Results: A New Zealand Perspective
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2012) Bell, A; Crothers, C; Gibson, A; Smith, P
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    World Internet Project New Zealand. Internet Trends in New Zealand 2007-2013
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2014-07-30) Crothers, C; Gibson, A; Smith, P; Bell, A; Miller, M
    Executive Summary Since 2007, the World Internet Project New Zealand (WIPNZ) has surveyed New Zealanders every two years to track their usage of the internet and its impact on their lives. Survey responses were gathered both by telephone interview and online in 2013, while the first three waves of the survey used telephone interviews alone. Between 2007 and 2013, around 6000 surveys have been completed. This report reviews changes over the period 2007–2013, reporting key trends and investigating how internet usage and its effects vary across major social groupings. The aggregated results are expanded upon using a series of vignettes which describe the experiences of individuals, delving into a cohort of respondents who have participated in all four rounds of the survey.
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    World Internet Project New Zealand: Pilot project 2007: Full report
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, 2007) Bell, A; Crothers, C; Gibson, A; Goodwin, I; Sherman, K; Smith, P
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    World Internet Project New Zealand: The Internet in New Zealand 2015
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, Auckland University of Technology, 2016) Crothers, C; Smith, P; Urale, PWB; Bell, A
    Executive Summary The fifth two-yearly survey of the World Internet Project New Zealand (WIPNZ) was conducted between September and November 2015, using both telephone and online platforms. The survey questionnaire has undergone substantial updating since the 2013 survey to keep pace with changing digital technologies and question changes agreed with our international partners, which in particular extended coverage of the areas of security and privacy. This report presents an analysis of the usage of and attitudes towards the internet of the resulting sample of 1377 New Zealanders. Usage The sample divides into five usage categories: never-users (5% of sample), ex-users (3%), low level users (11%), first generation users (9%) and next generation users (71%). Most users in our survey (76%) regarded the internet as ‘important’ or ‘very important’ in their everyday life. The leading devices used to access the internet were laptop/netbooks (75%), mobile phones (74%) and desktop computers (70%). Over half of the users surveyed (59%) had accessed the internet through a tablet, up by 11% from 2013. Only 19% of users had a connection to ultra-fast/fibre broadband. Activities Most internet users say they surf or browse the web (95%) or visit social networking sites (85%). Some 49% of users now report that they use the cloud, up 15% on 2013. Over half of our users (52%) have logged in to secure areas on Government or Council websites, and 55% have paid taxes, fines or licences online in the past year – steady increases since 2013. Other common internet behaviours continue to spread and increase across the population. For entertainment purposes, 81% surfed the web daily (up from 75% in 2013), and 66% visited social network sites daily (up from 59% in our last survey). Daily Instant Messaging is increasing apace, now 43% compared to 32% in 2013. In comparison, other internet activities are stabilizing in 2015 across the population. Commercial activities like online seeking of product information, buying, banking and paying bills are similar to 2013. Those checking email daily amount to 89%, identical to 2013, indicating that this behaviour is now close to saturation level. The main activities on social networking sites like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn, involve content creation such as the posting of messages or comments (82%) and the posting of pictures, photos or videos (73%). Attitudes Nearly half of respondents (45%) agree that there is no such thing as privacy online, and they accept that situation. However, a majority (68%) are active in trying to protect their online privacy. Nearly three quarters (73%) have updated their internet security in the past year to protect their computer from viruses and malware. More respondents are concerned about companies checking on their personal online activity than about government checking. Comparing the importance of various forms of media as information sources, online information sources now rate very much higher than offline media. More than half of our respondents (56%) rate the internet very important, compared to 16% for television, 12% for radio, and 11% for newspapers. Diversity and Divides Being a former user is directly related to economic factors. For people younger than 65, 14% of the under-$35K household income bracket are ex-users, and 4% of the $35-50K bracket, but there are no ex-users at all in households above $50K. Men aged 16-44 are slightly more likely to go on social network sites than women of the same age. For those under 45, more than 90% rate the internet important or very important as an information source.
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    World Internet Project New Zealand: The Roll-out of Ultra-fast Broadband (UFB) in New Zealand, 2015: A Report to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
    (Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, Auckland University of Technology, 2016-07-13) Crothers, C; Urale, T; Smith, P; Bell, A
    The New Zealand Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative aims to enable 75 percent of New Zealanders to access the internet using UFB by the end of 2019 and, in its second stage, to enable at least 80 percent of New Zealanders to do so by 2022. The 2015 survey of the World Internet Project New Zealand, with the support of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, extended its range of questioning to elicit detailed information on UFB in New Zealand. New questions were developed and added to the survey concerning the UFB situation. This report presents an analysis of the usage, attitudes and demographics of accessing the internet through UFB of the resulting sample of 1377 New Zealanders. It should be read in conjunction with the main 2015 WIPNZ report.
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