Influence of Internet on Information Acquisition Among Student
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the influence of internet on academic performance of student
- To ascertain how much time student spend on internet for information
- To ascertain the situation in which need for information acquisition increase at internet
- To ascertain what make internet information so important for student to prefer it
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
The “Global Village” phenomena is all around and bestowing people with choices of information and they can select any source of information even through multiple sources, they can verify information. The previous studies have demonstrated that selection of medium for information is influenced by factor such as gender, age, education and location. Therefore, numerous studies explored selection of media for informational purposes with varied demographics and people from different backgrounds. The Americans are the extensive users of local TV news for breaking news, and traffic situation. But it is not the only preferred source of information, particularly the youth is no longer using TV much as a news medium, is posing serious concerns for the long-term future of this medium. The same threat is posed at newspaper; one reason is the non-existence of local newspapers. The availability of other sources such as local radio, local TV and above all social media gaining more attention for local news and information. The survey by YouGov found that almost 51% percent of the people are using social media to get their news and information on daily basis. Although a nominal but significant 12% users regarded it as most consumed source. In social media research, Facebook ranked highest in news consumption and socialization domain. The same survey indicated that Facebook was prime source of information and news for 18 years to 24 years of people. Andrew and Jason investigated the behavior and preferences of people for choosing digital news, found older generations preferred traditional media for news which is due to their lack of interaction with technologies. Due to familiarity of youth with technologies resulted in extensive use of social media and dominance of youth on social networking sites is evidence for growing usage of social media in youth. The gender is an important factor for selection of media and it is described by earlier conducted studies. Male and female have different reasons for using SNS. Hargittai found that women spend more time on SNS as compared to men. Stafford said that men use SNS like Facebook to socialize and create new relationships whereas women use it to get connected to friends, for fun and to make best use of their free time. Raacke and Bond observed that change in social networking account is more frequent in women as compared to men.
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CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to influence of internet on information acquisition among student.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain influence of internet on information acquisition among student
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of internet on information acquisition among student
Summary
This study was on influence of internet on information acquisition among student. Four objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the influence of internet on academic performance of student, to ascertain how much time student spend on internet for information, to ascertain the situation in which need for information acquisition increase at internet, to ascertain what make internet information so important for student to prefer it. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of Students of Bayero University, Kano state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up heads of department, senior lecturers, junior lecturers and graduate assistants were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The present study was conducted to measure the use of internet by youth for news acquisition. The findings of study suggested that youth is heavy user of social media and there is shift in usage patterns among youth. Initially they using it for communication and socialization but the revolution in social media gained a place in news domain as well. The results indicated a difference in age and gender is wider in using social media for news. Age differences shrink for Internet-based news but do not disappear. Youth is using social media more than four hours per day therefore they are more engaged and influenced by internet. There is also a major difference in their tendency toward type of news. They consume social media more for soft news as they are more interested in entertainment news.
Recommendation
It is evident that media research particularly in social media domain will continue and explored multiple related factors. The future study can be conducted to measure the frequency of social media use for each news and to what extent social media inform users than traditional media in real time experience. The other most important area is to explore the role of internet in Nigeria as numerous events has reinforced the contribution of social media in generating debate on issues which have been over-looked by traditional media. Future investigations should be carried out to ascertain if people who depend on internet for their news are informed on current events reported in the mainstream press. Further, future study can be conducted to compare trending of news topics on social media websites and what traditional news outlets are reporting should be studied.
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