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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.I(VIII)/86-94/14
AUTHOR: Ms. Sonia Choudhary and Dr. Deepak Saini
TITLE:A STUDY OF ACCESSIBILITY AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS INTERNET USAGE BY THE COLLEGE STUDENTS
ABSTACT: Internet plays an important role in lifelong education and enables students to acquire knowledge and explore possibilities to solve problems. The international commission has aptly observed, “The paramount virtue of the computer is that it releases man from the routine of mental labor, freeing the human mind to specialize in operations where it remains irreplaceable, such as posing problem and taking decisions” The present study is done to find the internet use pattern among college students. For this purpose a sample of two hundred forty college students eight each from Arts, Commerce and Science were selected through simple random sampling technique. The results of the study showed majority of the students have computers with internet facility at their home and on an average they surf internet for an hour. But most of them have been exposed to internet at a very later stage. Though most of them believe that training should be provided to increase internet surfing skills but they have learnt about internet skills by practicing on their own or with the help of their peer group. They are also guided by their teachers time to time, but still they are more inclining towards uses other than educational purposes. Among the three streams, students of science stream have got a favourable perception whereas the students of the commerce and arts group have yet not developed a very clear perception regarding the usage of internet.
KEYWORDS:Accessibility, Attitude, Internet usage, College students