Open AccessPERCEPTION ON EBOOK AND PHYSICAL BOOK USAGE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Aishah Mahat,
Nurhazirah Mohamad Yunos
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.745032
Subject(s) - perception , publishing , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , multimedia , art , literature , neuroscience
This article discussed the perception between ebook and physical book usage among university students. A total of 96 university students were involved in this study which was conducted in the previous semester October 2021 – February 2022. Questionnaire was used as a research collection to obtain a comparison of student’s perceptions on ebook and physical books during learning time. The results found the effectiveness on ebook usage among students are higher compared to physical book usage with obtaining the result of a mean with 4.298 and a standard deviation of 0.801. Through the feedback given, functions and features found in ebook need to be improved so that it is suitable to use and give benefits to other students. Although ebook is a new form of innovation in publishing compared to existing physical books, continuous research needs to be done for user’s satisfaction.