Internet use amongst teens: A case study in Kota Bharu, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Saleh, Abdul Razak, Hibadullah, Cik Fazilah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/7978/1/AbR.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7978/

The Internet is fast becoming an important tool for teens. The purpose of this study was to determine how teens in Malaysia use the Internet to support their social and academic activities.In particular, it was intended to find out the pattern of the Internet use, the effects of the Internet on the teens' learning process, the usefulness of the Internet, and the problems associated with its use.The population of the study was all form four students from thirty-five secondary schools in Kota Bharu, Malaysia.A random sample of 297 answered the questionnaire which constitute 199 (67.0%) male and 98 (33.0%) female students. Among the 297 respondents, 153 (51.5%) had computers at home.However, 54 (33.3%) respondents had computers which were not connected to the Internet while the other 99 (33.3%) could access the net.Most of the respondents (64.1%) primarily used the Internet for Internet Relay Chat (LRC).The second most important use of Internet was E-mail (15.2%).The internet users spent an average of 2.65 hours per week on Internet.