Open AccessThe Websites of Birzeit University Students around the World via the Internet
Author(s) -
Hussein Al-Rimmawi,
Lecturer Mahmoud Ahmad Abdel-Fattah,
Lecturer Yusra Othman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
al-ustād̲
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-9263
pISSN - 0552-265X
DOI - 10.36473/ujhss.v60i1.1293
Subject(s) - the internet , descriptive statistics , sample (material) , palestine , computer science , psychology , world wide web , statistics , mathematics , history , ancient history , chemistry , chromatography
Since the spread of internet, communications in every part of the world have become easier and faster. This paper is intended to find out the world wide spatial extension of Birzeit University (Palestine) Students internet contacts through a questionnaire that was designed and distributed to a selected random sample of Birzeit University students for this purpose. Spatial distributions of communicated countries by Birzeit University students were mapped and analyzed. In addition, languages used, topics and images exchanged were tackled. Frequency of internet uses was also analyzed in addition to students’ attitudes, intentions and behavior toward internet communications. In this study descriptive statistics, and correlation analysis using Fishbein, and Ajzen behavioral model were used. Finally, results of the study were reported to shed light on positive and negative outcomes of internet communications.