Internet is a versatile tool used by the students that draws attention of many researchers. Stakeholders parents, teachers, administrators, and the students themselves would benefit from knowing more about the digital environment within which learning occurs. What is the extent of usage of social media among college students. Internet usage by adolescents will continue to increase over time, concerns about the impact on high school students academic performance should be researched. Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of. Pdf a study of internet usage and study habits among students. Electronic mail email is the most popular use of the internet among students. A questionnairebased survey was done among 381 students and facetoface interviews were conducted with the university. According to these findings, the main aim of this research is to investigate whether internet addiction is related to academic performance and loneliness among the university students. Furthermore, the individual domain analysis suggests that there is the potential for significant problematic usage among college students. Smartphone application usage amongst students at a south. We conducted a pilot survey of 307 college students at two us universities. Internet use among secondary school students and its effects on their learning conference paper pdf available march 2017 with 20,923 reads how we measure reads. It was used for social, commercial, political, and personal interactions.
Is there a relationship between extent of usage of social media and communication with. They have attempted to show there can be negative effect of internet use on these students, which may cause the students to become addicted and to digress from their educational studies. Most students use computers and a majority use the internet table 1. The population of this descriptive survey research included all the male and female students of khafr county. In spite of these limitations, the results of this pilot study have some important implications for college students and administrators. About 91 percent 53 million persons of children age 3 and over and in nursery school through grade 12 use computers,3 and about 59 percent 35 million persons use the internet. Figure 5 shows the purpose of using the internet in the medical field among the medical students at the university of jordan. Impact of internet usage on the academic performance. Fatigue and pain related to internet usage among university. Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of undergraduates students. The influence of internet usage on students academic performance.
Pdf internet use among secondary school students and its. Among the group of students who access the internet at only one location 20 percent of students, 60 percent of those from. A comparative study of use of the library and the internet as. Jul 19, 2011 the more striking difference appears in the second aspect of wireless internet use through mobile phones. The significance of this study is among university undergraduate students ability to address the. The very low correlations encountered above, even though statistically significant, showed that students who spent more time on the internet did not make much greater use of it for academic purposes as compared with students who used the internet less. Questionnaires were derived from the literature, and used to assess the frequency and intensity of application usage. Ease of work and time saving are the reasons of internet use among university students. Internet addiction among us college students remains a concern, but robust estimates of its prevalence are lacking. Impact of mobile phone usage on academic performance among. Internet usage among students at school of seidenberg and college of health profession has been extensively researched by us. Internet and its impact on student performance by arshad ahmed saeed. Kudus norliah, sidek safiah, izharrudin zakiah, kamalrudin massila, abu hassan mahadi and mohamed shahrulanuar subject. Ugwulebo jeremiah emeka and okoro sunday nyeche abstract this research work is a study on the impact of internet usage on academic performance of undergraduate students using university of.
Correlation between internet usage and academic performance. Teens who have a parent with a bachelors degree or more are more likely to say they have access to a computer than teens whose parents have a high school diploma or less 94% vs. The usage and impact of internet enabled phones on. The results obtained have shown that student interest in university among final year students. It also seeks to examine the social media usage trends among management students of private colleges and universities and understand the interaction. The percentage of children ages 3 to 18 who had no internet access at home was lower in 2017 14 percent than in 2010 21 percent. Participants have chosen between 3 items which are less than 1 hour, between 1 to 3 hours and more than 3 hours. The result revealed that the use of internet is a beneficial tools to students and enhances their skills and capability which will assist them in studies and professional life. Pdf a study of internet usage and study habits among students find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Investigate the frequency of internet use among students. Participants completed the internet addiction test iat as well as the patient health questionnaire. A number of publications have studied internet addiction among university and college students. While evaluating the students computer and internet literacy, most of the students consider themselves 71% as an average user. The more striking difference appears in the second aspect of wireless internet use through mobile phones. The purpose of the study was to examine social media use among college students and how it affects communication with others, and college students selfconcept. This study was conducted to ascertain the computer and internet literacy level of medical faculties students. Information by graduate students in the university of ghana 1 a comparative study of use of the library and the internet as sources of information by graduate students in the university of ghana abstract this study was conducted to compare internet use and library use among graduate students.
Research paper effects of internet on the academic. We believe that this study provides critical new insights into symptoms of heavier possibly addictive internet usage among young adults, which is now a. This study aims to investigate the attitudes of students at the. Teens are spending increasing amounts of time, using internet and cell phones. Development of internet technology increasingly modern and sophisticated not only benefit users but also have an effect that is not good for users, especially among students, from a study of 120 students sampled, internet usage will become addicted and more likely to hacase negative and less support in learning activities. Pdf internet usage among university students in pakistan. Many researchers are aware of gender inequality in internet usage. An empirical study on symptoms of heavier internet usage. A study by udende and azeez 2010 reported that 311 80. In order to find the analytics, we conducted a survey and following research on college students. The relationship between cell phone use and academic. An analysis of student internet usage and its impact on. Internet use and its effect on senior high school students.
The impact of internet usage on the academic performance of adolescent students at st. Problematic internet usage is prevalent on us college campuses. The relationship between cell phone use and academic performance in a sample of u. An examination of internet pornography usage among male.
The rapid development of information communication technology blazed a trail in our learning, work, and lives. The data was analysed looking at key applications and frequencyintensity of usage. Pdf an empirical research on general internet usage patterns of. Internet usage among students information technology essay introduction. Uses and gratifications research helps in finding out how audience makes use of mass media to gratify their needs. Gakibayo 2001 carried out a study on internet usage by students and staff at mbarara university of science and technology and the result of the study indicated low usage of electronic information resources by students and staff of the. For most college students the internet is a functional tool, one that has greatly changed the way they interact with others and with information as they go about their studies. Smartphone application usage amongst students at a south african university walter uys 1, aadilah mia. Internet usage pattern and types of internet users among. A case study of the university of nairobi, is my original work and that all the sources i have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. The author and associates surveyed 1,300 college students in classrooms at eight academic institutions to identify how the students use of the internet has affected their social or academic lives. This questionnaire is designed to evaluate the relationship between internet usage and academic performance. How useful is the internet to students in their daily academic activities. However, inequalities are not only reflected in internet technology but also in numerous aspects such as in education politics, and workforce.
Internet usage pattern and types of internet users among malaysian university students author. The primary focus of the paper is to examine the relationship between student s beliefs and attitude towards social media use in education on their academic performance. Internet usage among students information technology essay. The sample for the study was 300 respondents selected from the total population of 6,482 respondents. Journal of engineering and applied sciences keywords. Pdf the revolution of internet usage among different communities cannot be denied. Internet usage patterns, internet users, university students, platform, malaysia. Most of them are men and are found among the hard science academic majors. Stephens college, located in princes town, trinidad is known as one of the highest ranked academic institutions in the country. With the likelihood that internet usage by adolescents will continue to increase over time, concerns about the impact on high school students academic performance should be researched. The purpose of this study was to investigate fatigue and pain levels related to internet usage among university students, to identify the regions of the body where fatigue and pain were most commonly experienced, and to measure differences in fatigue and pain levels, and general characteristics among the participants.
Gender differences in internet usage among college students. Biradar and others 2006 conducted a study on internet usage by the student and faculty members in kuvempu. The findings of stern and taylor 2007 also show that 49 per cent of university students use facebook, and that of those, 3 per. The population comprises of 4,800 undergraduate students out of which 300 students were randomly selected from various faculties, 298 questionnaires were correctly filled and analyzed.
Impact of the internet on academic performance of students. A survey of the amount of internet usage among high school. Internet usage, challenges, and attitudes among university. The influence of internet usage on students academic. Students use the internet as a hub for research in their various fields of study.
Review of related literature on the internet use among students. Like other age groups, todays teenagers have been affected by the multimedia technology to a greater extent. The results obtained have shown that student interest in university among final year students of the faculty of information management is the most. Impact of the internet on academic performance of students in tertiary institutions in nigeria. Gender differences in internet usage among college. Selfesteem, daily internet use and social media addiction. Internationally, there have been many researches on the internet usage and most of them found that the internet usage is most prevalent among younger and more educated people for students and teachers. To reduce the negative effect of the internet on students, schools can inform parents to manage supervise their childs internet usage to ensure that time is not wasted. Awareness and usage of computer and internet among medical. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
The survey was conducted among the students of the university of nicosia in cyprus. Social networks use, loneliness and academic performance. Pdf an exploration of internet usage among students. It has been the fastest growing communication technology and be the major source that connects people, and data. Internet usage, challenges, and attitudes among university students. However, studies on internet use among senior high school students are limited in the wa municipality making it uncertain whether senior high school students in the wa municipality use internet and the impact it makes in their academic performance. The information and communication technologies have. A uses and gratifications perspective media watch academia. An accurate characterization of internet usage requires. A research on the purpose of internet usage and learning via internet ass. The impact of computer usage on academic performance. A study on students use of library resources and selfefficacy nina shrestha. In this study, addiction factor of social networking status scale was used.
The study investigates how students of st stephens college are affected by the use of the internet. The above study showed that when university students have the opportunity to use internet resources, almost all of them prefer to use. Google as a search engine and yahoo as an email service are the most popular among students. What is the frequency of internet use among the students. A mixed methodology approach was developed to compare what students reported about their internet usage and what the university recorded. College students and technology pew research center. Pdf as a growing trend in the world, internetbased research has become vital in ones daily life. Many disadvantaged students use the internet only at school table 7. Although the typical internet using student uses the internet for 100 minutes per day, a small group of students use the internet to a degree that interferes with other aspects of their lives. First, the volume of collected internet usage data is limited during surveying because peoples memories fade with time. Teenagers usage of social networking media in a south indian.
Instead, we attempt to isolate the causal effect of internet enabled computer usage on individual student. They use computers to accomplish a wide range of academic tasks. There are many researches among students about internet usage in education ar. But little research has been found regarding the comparative study of internet usage among university. The usage and impact of internet enabled phones on academic. This study examines the extent and characteristics of internet usage among. Internet use has become a way of life for the majority of higher education students all around the world. Stratified sampling technique was employed to select the sample. The results suggested a positive relationship among students and internet usage, and 63 percent of the total students mentioned that they used internet regarding academic related work only. Some ideas for dealing with this problem are suggested.
Media research can help both the industry and the academia to map audience behaviour which is very much connected to various factors. Student internet usage among undergraduate students in pace university has recently been made available. An empirical research on general internet usage patterns of. The internet usage has grown rapidly during the last decade in almost every country in the world and in jordan specifically. Internet usage as a marker for depressive symptoms recent studies show that more than 90% of college students in the us actively use the internet 23, 26. It was found that the students that were questioned at. The impact of internet use for students iopscience. The study examined the internet access and use among undergraduate students of bowen university iwo, osun state, nigeria. Gender and internetthere are numerous debates on the link between gender and internet usage. Odell, korgen, schumcher and delucchi 2000 studied internet use among female and male college. The significance of internet use by children and adolescents has even spawned a new field of inquiry in developmental psychology greenfield and yan, 2006.
Impact of mobile phone usage on academic performance. College students are much more likely than the overall cell owner population to use the internet on their mobile phones, although all young adults do this at a relatively high rate regardless of student status. Most of the students admitted that they learnt using internet by themselves or through family and friends. Internet access and use among undergraduate students of. Internet usage by students in an israeli high school tau. There may be errors and social desirability bias when students report their own internet usage. Pdf comparative study of internet usage among university. Nevertheless, this study only focused on internet usage rather than specific impact of social media on academic performance. Karpinski1 abstract the cell phone is everpresent on college campuses and is frequently used in settings where learning occurs. Internet usage habits and internet usage in educational studies of.
It addresses the need to evaluate whether the internet is ful. The usage of internet among teenagers is on an upward direction these days in india. Apr 28, 2016 the purpose of this study was to investigate fatigue and pain levels related to internet usage among university students, to identify the regions of the body where fatigue and pain were most commonly experienced, and to measure differences in fatigue and pain levels, and general characteristics among the participants. The usage of internet for teaching and learning purposes has received increasing attention over the world. Create your own online survey now with surveymonkey s expert certified free templates. May 31, 2018 computer access also varies by the level of education among parents. Among those who did not have home internet access in 2017, the two most commonly cited main reasons. Among the remaining studies, 8 were determined to have used a problematic internet use internet addiction screening instrument and reported piu prevalence estimates, 23, 4955 and 10 used an instrument but did not report prevalence table 2.
The researcher investigated internet usage among students at the university of nairobi using a quantitative case study method. Media watch 8 3 423437, 2017 issn 09760911 eissn 22498818 doi. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the amount of internet usage and its effective factors among high school students of khafr county fars province in the educational year of 20092010. A growing share of teens describe their internet use as nearconstant.
The paper recommends that the university authorities should arrange training programs for the students internet use. Our research moves beyond the measurement of student attitudes toward computer usage in the classroom e. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. This research will discuss the use of the internet among final year students of the faculty of information management, uitm puncak perdana and the impact of its use on their academic achievement. This can be seen by the way the students consult the internet for assignments, presentations, research works and examinations.
Pdf the purpose of this paper is to explore the preferences and habits of internet usage among the students of josip juraj strossmayer university of. The mobile phone usage questionnaire mpuq adapted from twum 2011. A survey in university of the punjab, lahore, pakistan. Both are validated measures of problematic internet usage and depression, respectively. Waldman 2003 reported high usage of the librarys opac by students at city university of new york. An analysis of student internet usage and its impact on the. Development of internet technology increasingly modern and sophisticated not only benefit users but also have an effect that is not good for users, especially among students, from a study of 120. Associating internet usage with depressive behavior among.
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