AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF INTERNET USE ON THE SOCIAL VALUES OF YOUTH IN OJO METROPOLIS
CHAPTER ONE
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The use of computers and the internet can aids communities by supporting communication and access to information, thereby building social capital and community capacity. The use of internet for the enhancement of business and official transaction in a globalizing economy has been resolved by experts, scholars and researchers as the most effective, efficient and indeed the only viable option of business transaction and communication as well as sports entertainment musical and academics in recent time. This has become imperative in view of distances to be covered in reaching the concerning party, the risk or hazard involved in the encounter, time and convenience factors.
Ajayi (2007) noted among other uses of internet as;
The use of internet is a home driving force for both academic sojourn and business transitional enhancement since less effort is requires in actualizing the gains of accessibility.
Internet operation has also necessitated the acquisition of computer knowledge because no internet operation is made possible without computer literacy, hence the rush need for computer education which has now been incorporated into the school curriculum at all levels of our educational facets.
Furthermore, Ayoku (2001) on his part also asserted that: Internet facility has brought about simplified learning and competition in globalization for without it, information, sports, musical benefits among others cannot be harnessed.
In this regard, it is not an overstatement to say that the use of internet in music, sports as stated above does not come as a sports as stated above does not come as a relief to the users. It has also promoted medium of educational opportunities since even secondary school leavers who are computer literate also partake of this whole some benefits. This view was also collaborated by Adimorat (2002) when he stressed that.
“The use of internet has a tremendous impact in the technological advancement, information technology and the general gain of scientific knowledge. Virtually, all modern business are anchored around information technology which is made possible through the usage of internet facility by students, scholars, researchers and business class alike for their daily operations. It is not only important, but a necessity in the world of globalization with its competing demand.
Information and communication technology (ICT) have become key tools and had a revolution impact on how we see the world and how we see the world and how we live. Today, the place of ICT in education and the world in general cannot be undermined. Modern day business are conducted and facilitated through the use of telephones, fax machines and computer communication network through the internet. This phenomenon has given birth through to the contemporary e-commerce- government, e-medicine, e-banking and education.
According to Bamidele (2006), ICT is a revolution that involves the use of computers, internet and other related tittle (corresponding author, e-mail having strup 2006 @ yahoo.com) communication technology in every aspect of human endeavor. The author posited that ICT is simply about sharing and having access to data with ease. It is regarded as the super high way through which information is transmitted and shared by people all over the world.
Prior to the use of information and technology (ICT) for acquisition, processing and dissemination of information, secondary school teaching, university teaching, learning and research were restricted to information materials available to students dominical institution library or by extension, those materials made available through inter-lending. However, with the globalization through internet, Carbo (2003) informed that the world is shrinking, resulting to immediacy of information. This, multimedia resources can be created, and information can resources can be communicated instantaneously.
The mode of acquiring and disseminating information for university education changed from physically available print to e-material’s with visual reality. As a result of that Akuntude (2002) asserts that any attempt to have meaningful academic communication can be successful only by the use of ICT which represents information in real time and space. No wonder youngster especially students and researchers spent most of their time in cyber café where the later is not available in the local community, they risk traveling a further distance to transact one business or another on the internet.
Chiwepa (2003) discovered a high use of internet by youth of the Abuja community where 65 out of 100 percentage of youth infact made use of internet, their major motivation for such use is convenience (82.91%), usefulness (80.5%), free access to information and software (71.4%), and ease of use (68%). Lagos state had the highest percentage of youths in Nigeria (61percent) followed by Kano state (57percent). Bayo (1998) found out that only 40% of his respondents of youth, use internet in Ondo state. 40.2% of students and researchers use it on daily basis 10.8% on weekly basis and 9.0% on monthly basis.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Despite the introduction of computer studies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, most students still end up without the knowledge of internet application.
Not all youth were interested in working with computers. Some electronic message from adults were perceived to be critical and writing to adult was intimidating for some youth. In addition, technical problems were experience. Inspire of these barriers, most youth perceived that using computers and the internet reduces their anxiety concerning communication with adults, resized their perception within the community, supported reflective thought, increase efficiency and improved their access to resources. It is important to note, that in line of teaching and learning in the world today, the internet is one major source of information and communication that ease both the teaching and learning process especially through what is known today as computer aided learning (CAL) and computer based instruction (CBI).
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of internet use on the social values of youth in Lagos state. This qualitative study was explore youth’s use and perceptions of computers and the internet as tools to support them in a school-based community development project. Objectives were to examine how youth used these tools and to explore youth’s perception of how the use of these tools affected participation within their community and communication with community members. The study also investigated the perceived benefit of using internet as a major tool for metropolis and the problems faced during the use of internet in the cyber café.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
To guide the study, the following research questions have been generated.
- What impact has internet use made as a major source of information and communication technology?
- Are there enough cyber café to meet the need of the youth in the area?
- What impact does the internet have on the social being of the youth?
- What development have the internet contribute to the world?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
- There is no significant relationship between the internet and information and communication technology.
- There is no significant relationship between area with cyber café and those that does no have
- There is no significant relationship between the use of the internet and the social being of the youth.
- There is no significant difference between the internet and the world development.
1.6 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
The significant of the study is to investigate the rate at which the youth in Lagos state use the internet and purpose for which they access the internet and also to find out the cause of poor internet knowledge and skills observed in the youth who browse information on the internet.
The study will also look out for the practical importance of internet to the youths (e.g student) through (excursion) to cyber café and benefit of internet to knowledge acquisition. Also the study will investigate the benefit of internet to the society and in checking crime by the security agents. How information and communication technology (ICT) through the internet have been able to turn the world into a global village and how the internet has benefit the youth educationally in accessing for other information or knowledge which might have a great impact on the life of the youth.
1.7 SCOPE/ LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This research work is basically focusing on the impact of internet use on the social value of youth in Ojo local government area of Lagos state.
Therefore, this research work will be limit to four selected area in Ojo local government area, namely Iyana-Iba, Okokomalko, Iyana-Isahi, Otto/Ijanikin in which a total number of 120 youths will be administer for research work, 30 will be administer from each zones for the survey.
- DEFINITION OF OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Internet:-The internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite.
Computer:- An electronic device which accepts, stores, and process data on the logic supplied by the user to produce useful information with little human intervention.
Information technology:- The study or use of computer and telecommunication for storing and sending information.
W.W.W:- World wide web
Web:- A complex series or structure with many connecting parts.
Yahoo:- Is an internet portal that incorporate a search engine and a directory of world wide web sites.
E-mail:- Electronic mail
Youth:- The state or period of being young or the time when a person is young before adult stage.
Social:- A place designed for activities in which people meet each other for pleasure
Internet café:- A place where you go and have access to the internet.
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