University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Media Downloading, Uploading, and Sharing Among College Students

Stanton, Jeffrey M.; Fagnot, Isabelle

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/15227

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Title
Media Downloading, Uploading, and Sharing Among College Students
Author(s)
  • Stanton, Jeffrey M.
  • Fagnot, Isabelle
Issue Date
2009-02-08
Keyword(s)
  • Piracy
  • File sharing
  • Peer-to-peer
  • College students
Abstract
On many occasions over recent years the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has made national headlines with its large-scale effort to launch civil suits against individuals alleged to be involved in illegal downloading of copyrighted material over the Internet including many college students. By reputation, college students are among the most active users of digital media obtained through peer-to-peer downloading and similar techniques. We conducted a three-phase study to understand student beliefs and behavior in the areas of media downloading, copyright, intellectual property ownership, and computing security. The research included a small cohort of personal interviews, an anonymous paper and pencil survey of 164 students, and a Web-based survey with 402 respondents.
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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