Internet Usage Among Commerce Students
Journal Title: International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide1. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies2. Materials and Methods The proposed research work attempts to study the internet usage among college students .The styd was undertaken in St. Peters College Kolenchery. The respondents of the study were the commerce students. The data were suitably classified and analyzed based on the objective of the study. Analysis was done via statistical software 17.0. Statistical tools like percentages, rank test and Friedman repeated measures analysis of variance on ranks have been applied for analyzing the data. Results For most of the students, the main way of communication with online friends was through instant messenger. The respondents used to meet the internet messenger contacts mainly by sharing contact lists. Most of the respondents used chat rooms, instant Messenger, Social Networking sites, gaming sites, educational sites, music sites, file sharing sites, shopping sites, News sites, Internet TV and only a few respondents used Blogs. The respondents mainly used Internet for visiting Social Networking sites . The second purpose of using internet was to hear music. Conclusion The students mainly used Internet for visiting Social Networking sites which was given first rank by them. The second purpose of using internet was to hear music .
Authors and Affiliations
Geevargese Peter,Maria P Kuriakose , Lekshmi Rajan E And Dr. Santha S
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