EXCEL International Journal of Multidisciplinary Management Studies
Year : 2012, Volume : 2, Issue : 5
First page : ( 154) Last page : ( 167)
Print ISSN : 0000-0000. Online ISSN : 2249-8834.

An exploratory study on measuring impact of internet on students’ academic life of S.P. University

Dave Rina

Faculty, Semcom, Vallabh, Vidyanagar

Abstract

The rapid growth of end-user computing, low-cost communications and network software now exert a powerful influence on how students use and communicate information. This research survey was conducted to find habits of Internet users at the S.P. University of V.V. Efforts are on to find the search requirements related to the use of the Internet information. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and follow-up interviews with Internet users from students. It is revealed that the students are getting quality information through the Internet. They use the Internet in different ways, such as accessing to online journals, downloading software or text, chatting, discussion, E-mail services and for finding related references. It was unveiled that the Internet services are normally used for projects. Also it is observed that the Google and Yahoo search engines are more widely used compared to other search engines. The analysis reveals that majority of Internet users always find useful information on the Internet and believed that quality information is available on the Internet and finally, the studied population use print, online and offline form of information for updating their subject knowledge.

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