Internet And Reading Habits Essay

Introduction

There is no question that easy access to the internet has changed the nature of people connect to others in their social world. The uses of the internet and watching TV have becoming a day to day activity in people’s lives. However, the amount of internet use is increasing among younger people than watching TV or reading hard copy books. Since internet does provide almost any information, it does make it easier to gain information about anything you want to learn. Internet is not only used to search information or use for entertainment, it has also become faster to communicate worldwide. However, college students and younger kids are spending too much time on the internet. Instead they should be out in the real world.

Background

For example “The impact of Internet and Television Use on the Reading Habits and Practices of College Students” Kouider Mokhtari, Carla A. Reichard, and Anne Gardner, studied that how television viewing and internet use affect the reading habits of college students. The study used a surveys completed by undergraduate college students about 4500, which it showed how students divided their time between activities and study. Additionally, they looked at the percentage of time college students spending on the internet for recreation reading and academic purpose; they discovered that students spend more time using internet for their recreation reading. They also found out that recreation reading is more enjoyable than academic reading. Furthermore, it was discovered that Internet use takes the highest portion of students ' time than watching television. Lastly, they explained how the internet becomes powerful when it comes to students and they spent more time communicating through the internet than in

Three of the college student are spends most of time over 6 hours a day using the internet for homework, recreational reading, and all social media. Phanuel use the internet daily for doing homework and academic reading. He said, often enjoy reading a lot about technological developments and product enhancements. I find it exceptionally interesting to know of the technological advancements in products before it is physically developed and available to the public. Although, Muzit spends most of her time on academic reading because she is in her final year of school but she spends about 2 hours a day for recreation reading too. Similarly, Isman is using about 4hrs a day for academic purpose and 2hs a day for social media. However, Tesfa used 2-3 hours a day for recreational reading to read news, politics and some sport articles. He also watched his favorite teams in the internet if he misses the game. In addition, Haben is using one hour a day to do her homework in IXl and Google Docs, and in the weekend she uses it at least two hour a day to play games or to listen