A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON INTERNET USE BY RURAL AND URBAN COLLEGE STUDENTS.

Abstract

This world is termed science and technology. Using digital devices could be a vast part of their everyday expertise. In each facet of life, we have a tendency to use technology. Technology creates our life quicker, better and easier. With the assistance of technology, we are able to simply create the teaching-learning method softer and on the market. There"s no facet of human life that isn't bitten by technology. Numerous technologies have been employed in education, the internet is one in every of them. The Internet is that the backbone of this society. The Internet plays a very important role in developing the communication or interaction method. Present days is that the world of web or internet. The Internet has created our lives batter. Through the internet, we are able to simply communicate with our knowledgeable or guide everywhere in the planet. It"s true that the employment of internet in rural and urban areas is increasing day by day. This study was conducted to compare the use of the internet by rural and urban college students. The sample consists of 150 female and 150 male students from four colleges in Purulia district, West Bengal, India selected randomly. The study revealed that urban college students use the internet quite rural college students in terms of daily or ¾ times of every week as calculated criteria. Once analysis it's additionally found that male college students use internet quite the feminine college students in terms of daily or ¾ times of every week. The present study also indicates that Science college students use internet over the arts college students in terms of daily or ¾ times of every week. However, the humanities college students use the internet over science counterpart in terms of ¾ times of a month or at least one time of a month. Gift study additionally indicates that Hindu college students use the internet quite Muslim college students in terms of daily or ¾ times of every week and a lot of students use internet for the purpose of social media and news.