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Australian academic use of the Internet

Andrelyn C. Applebee (Senior lecturer in information management in the Faculty of Communication, University of Canberra, Australia)
Peter Clayton (Lectures in information management in the Faculty of Communication, University of Canberra, Australia, and is Deputy Director of the University’s Centre for Communication Policy Research)
Celina Pascoe (Lectures in information management in the Faculty of Communication, University of Canberra, Australia)

Internet Research

ISSN: 1066-2243

Article publication date: 1 June 1997

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Abstract

It is widely assumed ‐ and frequently asserted ‐ that university communication practices are being radically transformed by the introduction of electronic communication. Explores the introduction of Internet access in a single university, the University of Canberra, located in the capital city of Australia. The prime objective was to identify the frequency and type of use that academic staff were making of the Internet during 1995, with supplementary objectives being to record perceptions of users toward the Internet, and barriers to its effective use. The principal finding is not unexpected: academics were making very varied use of the Internet. Some staff were utilizing some facilities on a daily basis; others were yet to begin exploring this new communication medium. A particular surprise was that at the time of this survey the Internet was being used very little for teaching.

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Applebee, A.C., Clayton, P. and Pascoe, C. (1997), "Australian academic use of the Internet", Internet Research, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249710165217

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