The objective of the study was to explore the internet use behavior of students. Students can use the internet to check their understanding in virtually any subject and can hop from test to test based on their specific learning styles. Internet use and addiction among medical students of. In this fast age life of every human who is using mobile, tablet, computer or laptop is meaningless or bore. Pdf the paper presents the results of a survey of the undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students of the university of the punjab. Half of the internetusing young adults ages 1829 use 53% instagram and half of the instagram users 49% use the site daily. Impact of social media usage on daytime sleepiness.
On average, students spend at least on hour a day for social media use. In an attempt to explore why individuals use social networking sites, raacke and bondsraacke 2008 surveyed university students. In language teaching and learning, we have a lot to choose from the world of technology. In terms of the university education, the use of the internet among university students has two forms and three purposes.
I declare that this study, internet use among university students in kenya. Computer and internet use by first year clinical and. Contraceptive use, knowledge, attitude, perceptions and. There were also significant differences in the time spent using the internet among students in different fields of study, with computer science students spending more time online 5. The study was to determine if students were using the internet for academic purposes, investigate the level of students access to the internet, as well. The impact of social media usage on the cognitive social. The usage of internet for teaching and learning purposes has received increasing attention over the world. Associating internet usage with depressive behavior among. There were more male participants than female participants. 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. Several studies have been conducted to identify the use of internet among youth and students in institutions of higher education. Use of internet for academic purposes among students in.
University students usage of the internet resources for research and. Relationship between internet use and health orientation. Discussion because of the widespread use of the internet for following up on lessons, conducting research and writing papers, it is not surprising that internet addiction is common among university students. The purpose of the research was to investigate the impact of facebook and twitter usage on the cognitive social capital of university students within the western cape province of south africa. Such website applications have resulted in the internet being used for both academic and nonacademic activities. The use of the internet for educational purposes sciencedirect. Studies have found that internet mobile learning among collegeuniversity. Impact of the internet on academic performance of students in. Prevalence of internet addiction and its associated factors among. According to asdaque 2010 the use of the internet is one of the major factors affecting the academic performance and social life of university students. As availability of internet access 51 internet use among university students and. Pdf comparative study of internet usage among university.
Purpose this study was performed to assess fatigue and pain levels related to internet usage among university students. Universities need to monitor and teach their students with special focus on fresh man students, about the health risks and socioeconomic problems associated with psychoactive substances use. Pdf internet use for health information among college students. University students have control over the use of internet which has greatly reflected in their academic performance sahin et al.
Download computer and internet use in the united states. 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. A study on students use of library resources and selfefficacy nina shrestha. Easy access to the internet without parental control is one of the. University students are frequently using the internet for educational purposes and for other purposes. The paper examines gender differences in internet usage pattern among male and female.
Relationship to communication and selfconcept megan sponcil youngstown state university priscilla gitimu youngstown state university abstract the purpose of this study was to examine social media use among college students and how it affects communication with others, and college students selfconcept. Students use social media to communicate and study. A number of publications have studied internet addiction among university and college students. The predictive level of social media addiction for life. College students heavy internet use shares symptoms of addiction. Internet usage, challenges, and attitudes among university students. The aim of the study was to investigate university students use of the internet for health purpose in the ghanaian context. Impact of the internet on academic performance of students. Impact of the internet on academic performance of students in tertiary institutions in nigeria.
More than half of the online adults of age 65 and above use 60% of facebook which represents 31% of all seniors. Internet use among university students in south west bank. Research paper effects of internet on the academic. 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. Cyberbullying on social media among college students lakitta d. These students, coming from a 16state region, lived on duke universitys east campus while taking college level coursework during parts of july and august, 1998. Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of. Keyword students internet searching articles entertainment downloading and using social media. Results gotten from the research shows that 11155% of respondents use the internet every day, 3115% use internet once a week, 95% use the internet once in two weeks, 26% use the.
Internet use for health information among college students. Ia is becoming more prevalent among medical students. The growth of the internet in the world provides many opportunities to many people around the world in many different ways. This is a temporary file and hence do not link it from a website, instead link the url of this page if you wish to link the pdf file. Internet use among university students background of the study internet use is spreading rapidly into daily life, and directly affecting peoples ideas and behavior. Similarly universities students also spent lot of time in findings and their related information on internet. Internet use, abuse, and dependence among students at a southeastern regional university article pdf available in journal of american college health 562. The use of social networking sites among the undergraduate. Recently, there is a debate on advantages and disadvantages of internet use and its effects on the students psychological health.
This study used leungs motivation of internet use scale leung, 2010 to examine the motivation of internet use among university students. First year clinical and nursing students in ibadan nigeria have not fully utilised the opportunity that the use of computer and internet offer for medical education. In terms of internet use for academic purposes, students in social sciences, agriculture and computer sciences scored the highest. Healthrelated quality of life among female university. Access to computers and a broadband internet subscription has become increasingly important to americans in carrying out their daytoday lives. There was a significant improvement in the posttest scores of the test group. The study aimed to gain familiarity and new insight into social capital among university students. Investigate the frequency of internet use among students. The impact of social media on academic performance could be positive or negative at the same time.
Students who are computer literate had superior mean scores 4. When students are considered, the use of the internet is mainly for social and entertainment purposes. A more recent study that examined the use of smartphones among college students in nigeria showed. Advantages and disadvantages of internet essay points student. University of ibadan started off as a college of the university of london university college.
Evaluation of internet addiction and depression among. It was found that the teachers think that the internet is a valuable source of information and an important additional teaching tool. Even when distance learning is not available, the internet provides a basic means by which students and teachers can communicate. A survey in university of the punjab, lahore, pakistan. Pathological internet use among malaysia university. Cyberbullying on social media among college students. College students heavy internet use shares symptoms of. An empirical research on general internet usage patterns of. Healthrelated quality of life among female university students in dammam district.
Internet access and use among undergraduate students of. Thereafter, the word and use of the internet expand globally. Students use the internet an average of two three days per week. Center, in september 2014, 52% of the online adults use two or more social media sites. The influence of internet usage on students academic performance. It was hypothesized that smartphone addiction would be negatively correlated with of interpersonal relationship and positively correlated with loneliness. Social media its impact with positive and negative aspects. It consists of 17 items and is rated on a five point likert scale that from 1 for not at all satisfied to 5 for very satisfied. Internet heralded the development and implementation of new and. A mixed methodology approach was developed to compare what students reported about their internet usage and what the university recorded. Internet use and its effect on senior high school students in.
Distribution of the scores of the students on the internet addiction scale and the beck depression scale 4. The results revealed that students experienced a significant increase in knowledge of. However, studies on internet use among senior high school students are limited in the wa municipality. Using the internet in education strengths and weaknesses. Pdf the revolution of internet usage among different communities cannot be denied. For example, students can submit papers through the teachers website or download the course schedule. The influence of internet usage on students academic. O waleed mugahed impact of social media on academic.
The impact of social media use on academic performance among university students. 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. Pdf internet use for health information among college. International journal of computer science and business. Online journal of communication and media technologies, spl.
A study by udende and azeez 2010 reported that 311 80. This summarizes the results of a computerized study of the use of the internet for academic purposes by 226 710th graders. The results obtained have shown that student interest in university among final year students. The rapid growth of the internet in this era can be attributed to its increased ease of use, especially among university students. Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of undergraduates students. Internet use from one that is associated with learning to that of a socializing facility. Smartphone addiction among students research paper thesis example.
H s, shubha relationship between internet use and health orientation. Overall, the findings of this study support previous research except for internet applications and services used by college students. Department of health and physical education, the education university of hong kong, 10 lo ping road, tai po, new territories, hong kong. Use of technology in english language teaching and learning. There is paucity of data on knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices towards modern contraceptives and, sexual and reproductive health especially among the young female university students. The study employed a quantitative crosssectional design. Saudis are heavier internet users than others in different countries. The internet has become the backbone for students to interact and. The dominant regions of fatigue and pain in the body were examined, as well as differences in fatigue and pain levels among students. The role of internet addiction and social media membership on.
Pdf internet use, abuse, and dependence among students. 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. H s, shubha 2015 relationship between internet use and health orientation. 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. There is a significant difference in the results of students with internet access and those without internet access. Data were obtained using questionnaires and frequency and percentages were used. Internet usage among students information technology essay introduction. The impact of computer usage on academic performance. Internet heralded the development and implementation of. The relationship between depression and internet addiction. The hard science students were more likely to be problematic internet users than soft science and fine arts students while freshmen students were more vulnerable to problematic internet use than graduate students. It has been the fastest growing communication technology and be the major source that connects people, and data. Usage of internet for academic purposes on university.
Social media addiction scaleadult form sahin and yagc. 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. A study on internet usage among undergraduate students performed in the. Nevertheless, this study only focused on internet usage rather than specific impact of social media on academic performance. Johnson, alfonso haralson, sierra batts, ebonie brown, cedric collins, adrian van burentravis, and melissa spencer johnson, lakitta d. A total of 650 out of 740 students selected from 3 different universities participated, giving a response rate of 87. As to the forms, one is the use of the internet during and for distance learning the student is attending, and the other is the use of the internet as a supplementary tool for education. Did the students also use the internet via other computers or smartphones. A large number of them have learned to use the internet tools by themselves, or relying on assistance from friends without attending any formal training programs.
Teachers can post class announcements or provide useful links, as well. In uganda, the risk of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions remains high due to relatively low contraceptive use. They are among highrisk piu groups because they use the internet for both educational purposes and noneducational purposes. Academic performance of undergraduates students at university of abuja, nigeria. Oct 29, 2017 this is a complete essay in points about using internet in which well discuss all the advantages and disadvantages of internet for students. Pdf internet usage among university students in pakistan. According to their findings, individuals use social networking sites to keep in touch with friends, make new friends, post or view pictures, feel connected to others, and for dating purposes. Furthermore, social media usage was expected to be inversely proportional to sleep duration and positively related to daytime sleepiness. This study revealed that psychoactive substances use became an urgent problem among undergraduate university students. The internet use for health information seeking among.
No doubt, with that, internet usage continues to develop rapidly over the years and now millions are using the internet. As many as 7 students from smpn 10 surabaya in the even semester of academic year. A study was done among taif university students in saudi arabia and showed. Internet has an impact in many areas including the higher education system. Sep 17, 2017 the present study on smartphone addiction among students aimed to investigate the smartphone addiction as a predictor of interpersonal relationship and loneliness in university students. Doraiswamy and their colleagues found that the range of irps scores among participating students over the twomonth period ranged from 30 to 4 on the 200point scale. This research paper attached hereto, entitle a study of internet addiction among students of sekolah menengah jenis kebangsaan pei yuan, kampar prepared and submitted by yong shu qin in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the bachelor of social science hons psychology is hereby accepted. The role of internet addiction and social media membership on university students psychological capital eylem simsek turkish air forces, turkey jale balaban sali anadolu university, turkey abstract how internet addiction affects happiness of university students in terms of their cognitive and.
This is a complete essay in points about using internet in which well discuss all the advantages and disadvantages of internet for students. Internet usage, challenges, and attitudes among university. The study examined the internet access and use among undergraduate students of bowen university iwo, osun state, nigeria. An analysis of student internet usage and its impact on. This study examines the prevalence of internet use, its advantages and disadvantages, and its relationship with the psychological health of university. The participants are composed of 612 380 female, 232 male university students.