An Empirical Research on General Internet Usage Patterns of Undergraduate Students

Deniz, Müjgan Hacıoğlu; Geyik, Seda Karakaş

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.369

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“…According to a study on North American Colleges and Universities, over 80% of Faculty administration believe that web based technology is a key contributor to student success. The study also noted that 62% of faculties in the USA and Canada use the Internet to prepare coursework, 56% use the web to supplement textbooks, while 51% use it to ensure up-to-date course content (Deniz & Geyik, 2015). A study by Ruzgar (2005) on the purpose of Internet use and learning via Internet among Turkish college students concluded that the Internet has become an integral part of college life, and its usage is almost 100% among students.…”

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“…Askoy (2012) opines that the reason for the rapid growth is the global availability of the Internet which significantly makes it different from other information media. It is reported that ease of work and time-saving are the reasons of Internet use among students (Bashir, Mahmood, & Shafique, 2008;Deniz & Geyik, 2015). According to a study on North American Colleges and Universities, over 80% of Faculty administration believe that web based technology is a key contributor to student success.…”

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Digital Media Usage and Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Undergraduate Students in South Africa

Salubi¹,

Muchaonyerwa²,

Nekhwevha³

2018

International Journal of Web Applications

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Internet and digital media for educational purposes have significantly improved knowledge creation. The Internet has proven itself to be a valuable resource in the enhancement of knowledge production and dissemination. The purpose of the study was to establish how excessive non-academic use of the Internet detrimentally affects undergraduate students' daily lives. Using survey design, a total of 390 University undergraduate students comprising mainly adolescents/ young adults were selected using stratified random sampling at two South African universities, namely Fort Hare and Nelson Mandela. Data were collected using the Modified Internet Addiction Test for Undergraduates (MIATU), a modification of Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire. 282 (72.3%) use of the respondents indicated that they make use of the Internet daily with 34.8% spending more than 10 hours. More than 60% have access to at least two electronic devices. Most of the respondents stayed online longer than intended (x 2.88), slept less at night due to Internet use (x 2.63) and hence spent less time studying owing to Internet surfing (x 2.27). Furthermore, the amount of time spent on the Internet had a significant relationship with the level of influence the use of the Internet had on respondents (B = 0.250, t = 4.850, p < 0.05). The findings are indications that the excessive amount of time spent on the Internet served as a distraction from school work, a situation that put students at a disadvantage in as far as academic productivity was involved. These findings clearly suggest that the uncontrolled use of new media is both a hazard and a potential danger to academic productivity.

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Digital Media Usage and Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Undergraduate Students in South Africa

Salubi¹,

Muchaonyerwa²,

Nekhwevha³

2018

International Journal of Web Applications

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“…12 The Internet has become a functional tool for a university student to acquire information and interact with others. 13 Male university students mainly have been using the internet to socialize to their peers more than girls. 14 Various risk factors have been identified predisposing to the pathological internet use including being a male, young age group, time spent online, using social and gaming applications and psychosocial factors such as neuroticism, depression or anxiety.…”

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Factors affecting internet use among university students in Sarawak, Malaysia: an empirical study

Rahman

Arif

Luke

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The internet has become an indispensable tool for communication, academic research, information and entertainment. However, heavy users of the internet lead to less confidence in social skills and the tendency to be isolated. The study aimed to assess the pattern of internet use and factors affecting problematic internet use among university students.Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted among the students of a university in Sarawak, Malaysia. A multistage cluster sampling technique was adapted to select the participants. Data were collected from 463 students by self-administered questionnaire. Hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis was done to determine the potential factors for problematic internet use.Results: The mean age of the students was 22 years, with a standard deviation of 1.6 years. Two-fifths (61.8%) of the students had no problematic internet use. However, 35.4% had moderate and 2.8% had severe problematic internet use. Hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis found that age of the students, year of study, duration of daily internet use and use of social networking like Skype appeared to be potential predictors of problematic internet use (p<0.05).Conclusions: This study was conducted in only one university, thus did not depict the overall scenarios of the country. The implications of the findings are still worth noting in the process of designing internet addiction studies among university students. Overall, this study has unearthed some useful insights which can serve as a guide to more elaborate studies.

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“…A study of Economics students' uses of the Internet at Istanbul University revealed that the most of the participants (about 76 %) make use of electronic resources for purposes including social networking, download of movies and music, entertainment as well as pastime such as shopping and playing games. The use of electronic resources for homework and getting knowledge for academic purposes via the Internet (24 %) of the participants ranked below shopping online, playing games and Internet surfing 23 . The researchers concluded that information technologies and the Internet was an important part of university students' daily life, but most of the students do not utilse the Internet for academic-related readings and research needs 23 .…”

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“…The use of electronic resources for homework and getting knowledge for academic purposes via the Internet (24 %) of the participants ranked below shopping online, playing games and Internet surfing 23 . The researchers concluded that information technologies and the Internet was an important part of university students' daily life, but most of the students do not utilse the Internet for academic-related readings and research needs 23 .…”

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Uses and Gratifications of the Internet and Library Information Resources: An Integrated Model Proposal

Salubi

Muchaonyerwa

2018

DJLIT

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<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This study sought to argue the assumptions of the uses and gratifications theory (UGT) in information media selection and use among iGenerations undergraduate students. One of the propositions of UGT is that audiences </span><span>consciously interact with media with the determination to satisfy a number of information needs. Taking into perspective </span><span>of the library and the Internet as information media, the limitations of UGT in illustrating the gratifications sought and gratifications obtained in the use of the Internet as well as the library as information media is highlighted. </span><span>Empirical data were collected from undergraduate students who were mainly iGenerations at two universities in South Africa. Two media were evaluated: The Internet and the library. Although the Internet was the preferred media by the majority of the respondents, the purpose why undergraduate students predominantly use the Internet is not in sync with their primary information needs as students. Also, the Internet was not revealed to be an alternative media to the library although the library sometimes failed in meeting the information needs of users. The study </span><span>concluded that the assumption that users seek out other media when gratifications obtained from media use does not equate gratifications sought, is not always correct. An integrated model for information media use supplemented by the expectation confirmation theory was therefore conceptualised to justify the preference in information media </span><span>by iGeneration undergraduate students. </span></p></div></div></div>

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An Empirical Research on General Internet Usage Patterns of Undergraduate Students

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Digital Media Usage and Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Undergraduate Students in South Africa

Digital Media Usage and Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Undergraduate Students in South Africa

Factors affecting internet use among university students in Sarawak, Malaysia: an empirical study

Uses and Gratifications of the Internet and Library Information Resources: An Integrated Model Proposal

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