The aim of this paper is to investigate the
wireless internet usage among
students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 126 Universiti Malaysia Sabah students had responded to a set of questionnaires. Factor
analysis was used to identify the
academic and non-academic purposes of wireless internet usage and the impact of wireless internet usage among Universiti Malaysia Sabah students. MANOVA analysis was conducted to identify whether there is any gender difference and year of study of the students between
factors contribute to wireless internet usage. Two factors were attributed to academic purpose of wireless internet usage; which include usage for communication and to gain additional information. Three factors were obtained from the non-academic purposes which include usage for social activities, entertainment and communication. Two positive and two negative impact of wireless internet usage were identified. The positive impacts consisted of increase general knowledge and ability in computer usage and also boost confidence of the students. The negative impacts consisted of waste of time with non-beneficial activities and addictive of internet usage for a longer period of time. The result of MANOVA analysis indicated that the factors that contributed to wireless internet usage were the same according to gender and the year of study.
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