ICT Use in EU According to National Models of Behaviour

Abstract

As information and communications technologies, along with follow-up processes, are being rapidly developed and implemented in various aspects of everyday life, a need has arisen to explore and describe these changes. The authors reflect on whether there are any significant differences in the availability and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in individual EU countries related to cultural differences among these countries. The aim of the paper is to analyze selected aspects of the use of information technologies in selected EU countries in connection with “national behaviour patterns”, and to ascertain, using a multidimensional data analysis, whether or not there are any significant differences at the level of individuals within an international comparison of the selected EU countries.As information and communications technologies, along with follow-up processes, are being rapidly developed and implemented in various aspects of everyday life, a need has arisen to explore and describe these changes. The authors reflect on whether there are any significant differences in the availability and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in individual EU countries related to cultural differences among these countries. The aim of the paper is to analyze selected aspects of the use of information technologies in selected EU countries in connection with “national behaviour patterns”, and to ascertain, using a multidimensional data analysis, whether or not there are any significant differences at the level of individuals within an international comparison of the selected EU countries.