A Study of Reading Habit and Computer Technology Effect on Student in Pakistan
Journal Title: Journal of Education and Literature - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine that the computer technology has an impact on university students’ reading habit.296 valid questionnaires were filled up by college and university students in Pakistan. The result shows that the college and university students’ paper based reading habit changes to internet reading habit.47.9% of students read online information every day and 28.7% of them read emails every day. In contrast, only 35.1% read newspapers, and 23.8% read magazines daily. The top 8 things students do online are chat with friends (80.7%), listening to music (76.7%), checking email (70.6%), watching movies (68.6%), using social media website (65.9%), playing game(61.5%), using Web messenger(57.4%), and shopping online (27.0%). Students more involve in chat with friend, listening to music, checking email, watching movies, and social media website than any other information. The topics of interest, the ranking sequence that students indicated are entertainment, education, computer and internet, news and media, business and economy and health. The results also indicated that gender, age, education, employment status, online hours, and college students’ reading habits are related. Suggestions and implications as well as future research directions were included in this study.
Authors and Affiliations
Hafiz Ishtiaq Ahmad, Kamran Malik, M. Azeem
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP28430
- DOI -
- Views 265
- Downloads 9
Yardsticks and Light Years: Teaching Extreme Measures
Philosophy in one its roles joins common experience and science in labeling, measuring, connecting, and evaluating. In anything concerning natural history since the 1920s its references have had to acknowledge extremes...
Developing and Maintaining an International Climate among Philippine Higher Education Institutions
Every higher education institution aims to deliver quality instruction, student services, research outputs and community extension programs to its customers and clients. It serves as a marketing tool especially for pri...
Globalization and Education: Massive and Open Online Courses, A Complementary Alternative
This paper presents a critical review of the integration of massive online courses and Open-better known as MOOC- the global education system does. This tool, based on connectivism theory has proven to be an instrument...
The Role of ICT in Kenya’s Public Universities Academic Management
ICT has become an important tool in modern management of universities. This is because information is a critical ingredient in facilitating management decision-making and therefore, ICT is being seen as a crucial tool...
The Relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers' Critical Thinking and Their Teaching Styles
The present study is an attempt to investigate the possible relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ critical thinking and their teaching styles. To this end, a group of 15 EFL teachers teaching in different institute...