Social and academic use of Internet by the graduate students in Finland and Bangladesh: a comparative study
Haque, Md Armanul (2015)
2015
Master's Programme in Internet and Game Studies
Informaatiotieteiden yksikkö - School of Information Sciences
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2015-12-18
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201601141084
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201601141084
Tiivistelmä
The main aim of this study was to identify the social and academic use of Internet by the graduate students in Finland and Bangladesh. The study was carried out using mixed approach including quantitative and qualitative techniques. However, quantitative technique has dominated this research. For selecting the respondents of this research, cluster and purposive sampling method has been applied respectively. A total of 90 students including 45 from Finland and 45 from Bangladesh were interviewed. Data was presented through simple percentage calculation and graphical representation. The results were discussed comparatively both the cases of research.
The major findings were; Finnish students were more advanced of using and accessing Internet than Bangladeshi students. Almost from all dimensions, Finnish students spent more time with Internet for the social and academic affairs. In some social circumstances like health issues, religious matters, and political aspects and in academic circumstances mainly searching job Bangladeshi students use more Internet than Finnish students. In addition, Bangladeshi students considered Internet as very important while Finnish students treated Internet as somewhat important for the social and academic discussion.
The study concludes that the findings provided a practical scenario of the use of Internet by the graduate students of both the countries. However, for the deeper understanding and interpretation of social and academic use of Internet, there is a scope for the broader research initiatives which may cover larger samples and extensive qualitative method.
The major findings were; Finnish students were more advanced of using and accessing Internet than Bangladeshi students. Almost from all dimensions, Finnish students spent more time with Internet for the social and academic affairs. In some social circumstances like health issues, religious matters, and political aspects and in academic circumstances mainly searching job Bangladeshi students use more Internet than Finnish students. In addition, Bangladeshi students considered Internet as very important while Finnish students treated Internet as somewhat important for the social and academic discussion.
The study concludes that the findings provided a practical scenario of the use of Internet by the graduate students of both the countries. However, for the deeper understanding and interpretation of social and academic use of Internet, there is a scope for the broader research initiatives which may cover larger samples and extensive qualitative method.