Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers
This study identifies the Malaysian suburban young teenagers’ behavior on internet usage: types of information, online activities, and internet topic of interest. This study also investigates the relationship between gender and internet usage behavior. A set of 350 questionnaires have been distribut...
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| author | Amran, Noraizan Saiful Bahry, Farrah Diana Anwar, Norizan Abu Bakar, Rosiah |
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| description | This study identifies the Malaysian suburban young teenagers’ behavior on internet usage: types of information, online activities, and internet topic of interest. This study also investigates the relationship between gender and internet usage behavior. A set of 350 questionnaires have been distributed to a group of young teenagers’ age 11-12
years old in Year Six of primary schools in suburbs of Selangor. A total of 297 completed responses have been received and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. The
findings indicate that although young teenagers at suburban prefer to search entertainment information, do leisure activities and are interested in non-serious topic, most of the time, they still search information, do online activities and interested on educational information at other time. Further research can be conducted on information content preferences of young teenagers in other parts of Malaysia. |
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| spelling | uitm-87772020-12-09T05:29:06Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8777/ Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers jikm Amran, Noraizan Saiful Bahry, Farrah Diana Anwar, Norizan Abu Bakar, Rosiah Teaching (Principles and practice) Blended learning. Computer assisted instruction. Programmed instruction Visual education This study identifies the Malaysian suburban young teenagers’ behavior on internet usage: types of information, online activities, and internet topic of interest. This study also investigates the relationship between gender and internet usage behavior. A set of 350 questionnaires have been distributed to a group of young teenagers’ age 11-12 years old in Year Six of primary schools in suburbs of Selangor. A total of 297 completed responses have been received and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. The findings indicate that although young teenagers at suburban prefer to search entertainment information, do leisure activities and are interested in non-serious topic, most of the time, they still search information, do online activities and interested on educational information at other time. Further research can be conducted on information content preferences of young teenagers in other parts of Malaysia. Faculty of Information Management 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8777/1/AJ_NORAIZAN%20AMRAN%20JIKM%2013.pdf Amran, Noraizan and Saiful Bahry, Farrah Diana and Anwar, Norizan and Abu Bakar, Rosiah (2013) Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers. (2013) Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Information_and_Knowledge_Management_=28JIKM=29.html>, 3 (1). pp. 51-62. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337 https://ijikm.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Teaching (Principles and practice) Blended learning. Computer assisted instruction. Programmed instruction Visual education Amran, Noraizan Saiful Bahry, Farrah Diana Anwar, Norizan Abu Bakar, Rosiah Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title | Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title_full | Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title_fullStr | Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title_short | Internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| title_sort | internet usage behaviors among young teenagers |
| topic | Teaching (Principles and practice) Blended learning. Computer assisted instruction. Programmed instruction Visual education |
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