Internet Use and Attitude towards Reading among University Students in Thailand
Keywords:
network, internet technology, reading comprehension, reading perceptionAbstract
Abstract
Internet plays a significant role in the life of students of this generation whereas reading is vitally essential in their academic life. It is ubiquitous that the attitude towards reading affects the academic life of students. While the internet makes the students’ life easier, there is always a sensation that the use of internet may affect the reading attitude of the students. The purpose of the study was to find the students’ perceptions of the internet usage and their attitude towards reading and to find the difference in terms of gender for the internet use and the attitude towards reading among the students. It was also to explore if there is any difference in terms of majors for the internet use and the attitude towards reading among the students and the relationship between internet use and attitude towards reading among students. This study was considered as quantitative due to the use of questionnaire and correlational design and it used a cross-sectional survey design and the survey instrument. The study was carried out at the Asia-Pacific International University, a private international university in Thailand and the population of the study included 200 students of all the faculty. This study found out that the respondents were neutral and showed a weak difference between the internet use and the attitude towards reading. For difference based on subgroup of gender for the reading attitudes and for the internet use, there were no significant differences between male and female. This study is limited to Asia Pacific International University students in Thailand, and therefore, it recommends further research country wide.
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