PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(VII)/191-196/25

AUTHOR: Ashaq Hussain Wafaye,

TITLE: IMPACT OF WEB ON “DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS”: WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SENIOR ACADEMICIANS

ABSTRACT: The study focuses on the psychological impact of web on information seeking behaviour of “digital immigrants” (Senior Academicians) of select universities. The prime objective of the study was to know the psychological dimensions like motivation, interest, stress, pleasure, anxieties, mood swings and more importantly health hazards referred by professors while seeking information from w3. The result shows that senior academicians are primarily motivated to quench information from web. It is also observed that a reasonable number had an average interest in surfing web, besides mood swings is also reported. What is more striking and worth mentioning here is that a good number of senior academicians is complaining that their health gets badly affected due to excessive usage of web.

KEYWORDS:Digital Immigrants; Motivation; Stress; Pleasure; Anxiety; Web Surfing; Mood Swings; Senior Academicians; Health Hazards

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