RECOGNITION AND UTILITY OF NEW MEDIA FOR STUDENTS

Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 53

Abstract

The study on “Recognition and Utility of New Media for Students” was conducted at Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) and Department of Journalism & Mass communication (DJMC), BHU, Varanasi, U.P. the sample consisted of 60 students from DJMC and 180 respondents from IAS collected through the method of whole enumeration. Majority of students of IAS and DJMC joined new media sites more than four years ago and majority of respondents of IAS and DJMC belonged to the daily users with 83.33% and 93.33% respectively. The major online activity for the students of both the faculty was chatting followed by watching videos/ movies etc. Most of the students of both the faculty surfed internet 1-2 hours daily and 49.44% students of IAS and 39.28% students of DJMC had devoted 25-50% time of total internet use for educational purpose. There was no significant difference among students of IAS and DJMC regarding internet visiting frequency and time spent on new media sites for educational purpose.

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JITENDRA PAL GHATAWAL

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JITENDRA PAL GHATAWAL (2016). RECOGNITION AND UTILITY OF NEW MEDIA FOR STUDENTS. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 8(53), 2761-2764. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-171257