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Internet use by university students: an interdisciplinary study on three campuses

Timothy T. Perry (Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA. E‐mail: perrytt@appstate.edu)
Leslie Anne Perry (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA. E‐mail: perryla@etsutn.edu)
Karen Hosack‐Curlin (Department of Educational Leadership, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. E‐mail: kcurlin@aol.com)

Internet Research

ISSN: 1066-2243

Article publication date: 1 May 1998

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Abstract

This study sought to determine if differences exist among various age groups regarding students’ use of the Internet. Surveys were administered to 548 students from three regional universities in the southeastern USA. Survey responses were then analyzed to determine how many students regularly use the Internet, how many hours per week regular users spend on the Internet, and what computers they use. Information was also tabulated for use of e‐mail, use of the Internet to obtain university information, and for the number of students who had home pages. Finally, survey responses were analyzed to determine which students: consider the Internet to be a fad; project their future use of the Internet to be less, the same, or more than now; and project they will use the Internet in their chosen careers.

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Perry, T.T., Anne Perry, L. and Hosack‐Curlin, K. (1998), "Internet use by university students: an interdisciplinary study on three campuses", Internet Research, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249810211593

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