Prospects and Challenges of Internet Use among the Postgraduate Students of Social and Management Sciences in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria

Abstract

The Internet is the most visible component of the dynamic developments in information and communication technologies. It could be used for information gathering, storage and dissemination in all academic disciplines .This study examined the prospects and challenges of Internet usage by post graduate students of Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye. One thousand two hundred (1200) copies of structured questionnaire were randomly distributed among various respondents and some of one thousand (1000) was retrieved and analyzed.

The study found out that students use the internet mostly for chatting, mailing and entertainment. Only a few of them navigate the Internet for research purposes. In conclusion, this study recommended that there should be a compulsory formal training and workshop programs organized at departmental levels for students on the importance of Internet to their various academic activities.

Keywords: Internet Usage; Postgraduate Students; Nigeria; Olabisi Onabanjo University