Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale

Reinecke L, Klimmt C, Meier A, Reich S, Hefner D, Knop-Huelss K, Rieger D, Vorderer P (2018)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

PLoS ONE Public Library of Science

Book Volume: 13

Article Number: e0205384

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205384

Open Access Link: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205384

Abstract

Smartphones and other mobile devices have fundamentally changed patterns of Internet use in everyday life by making online access constantly available. The present paper offers a theoretical explication and empirical assessment of the concept of online vigilance, referring to users’ permanent cognitive orientation towards online content and communication as well as their disposition to exploit these options constantly. Based on four studies, a validated and reliable self-report measure of online vigilance was developed. In combination, the results suggest that the Online Vigilance Scale (OVS) shows a stable factor structure in various contexts and user populations and provides future work in communication, psychology, and other social sciences with a new measure of the individual cognitive orientation towards ubiquitous online communication.

Authors with CRIS profile

Adrian Meier

Additional Organisation(s)

Assistant Professorship for Communication Science

Involved external institutions

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover DE Germany (DE) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) DE Germany (DE) Universität Mannheim DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Reinecke, L., Klimmt, C., Meier, A., Reich, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Huelss, K.,... Vorderer, P. (2018). Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale. PLoS ONE, 13(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205384

MLA:

Reinecke, Leonard, et al. "Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale." PLoS ONE 13.10 (2018).

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