英文摘要 |
Digital media applications had slowly taken root in our daily lives in the broadening developments of information technology. To the digitally native children of today, adoption of electronic children’s books as digital reading and learning materials has become a trend in their technology education. For parents concerned with the children’s health and education, their true perceptions and adoptive willingness to this innovative reading and learning method constitute a significant key factor in the popularization of electronic children’s books. Studies conducted on electronic children’s books in the country today have rarely focused on the adoptive willingness of parents; hence this paper employed the unif ied theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and augment the perceived risk factors into the model to explore the subject matter. A questionnaire survey was conducted and response data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis to delve into the adoptive willingness of parents towards electronic children’s books and the factors influencing willingness. Analysis results revealed that three factors – performance expectation, facilitating conditions, and social influence – would have positive effects on the adoptive willingness of parents towards electronic children’s books, whereas the perceived risk factor posed a negative effect. Due to the analysis samples are more concentrated in the metropolitan area, higher educated and information technology access users, the effort expectancy’s impact on the Children E-books is not as significant in this study. The study results aimed to supplement the domestic studies focusing on the adoptive willingness of parents and provide related industries with a reference for future electronic children’s book development and marketing strategy considerations. |