Digital Awareness and Internet Usage by School Students

By : Mitashree Mitra, Archana Verma, Meeta Jha

Page No: 259-270

Abstract
In the present paper the findings of a pilot study to determine the Digital Awareness and Internet usage among the school students of age-group 14 to 19 years in Raipur city of Chhattisgarh are presented. The random sample survey method is used to collect the data from randomly selected private and government schools. The questionnaire was designed to know the use of digital gadgets by the students and also the usage of Internet by them. This study reveals that the students of selected age-group in Raipur city are digitally aware and most of them use Internet for various purposes. The pattern of their Internet surfing is also studied. This study also reveals that majority of the students of this age-group are members of Social Networking sites and/or Social Apps.

Authors : 
Archana Verma : Assistant Professor, CG Board of Sec. Education, Raipur.
Meeta Jha : Professor, School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.
Mitashree Mitra : Professor & Head,School of Regional Studies and Research, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur