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In this paper a conceptualization of human anxiety on the Internet is introduced; it is built on the understanding of human behavior with regard to technology. The objective of this paper is to conceptualize the human anxiety. An integral part of understanding is an inter-disciplinary (psychology science, cognitive science, behavioral science and communication technology) literature review, of which and overall summary is presented. The understanding is conceptualized by designing, implementing and evaluating through a developed user study model. In this paper the preliminary result of utilizing the developed user study found seven particular anxiety areas which need further studies.
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Kalwar, S.K., Heikkinen, K. (2009). Study of Human Anxiety on the Internet. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. New Trends. HCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5610. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02574-7_8
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