Utilization of Internet as a Communication Media among Postgraduate Students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

Abstract

This research work was carried out to determine the Utilization of Internet as a Communication Media among Postgraduate Students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The population of the study is the postgraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Survey method of the research and stratified random sampling was used for the study to select 550 postgraduate students for the study. However, 502 respondents responded to the questionnaires distributed. The data was presented and analyzed in tables an d percentages. The research discovered that majority of the postgraduate students use internet services for their academic programs. It also reveals that utilization of internet has positive impact on postgraduate students and also has influenced the accessibility of online information usage of postgraduate students in Ahmadu Bello Univ ersity, Zaria. This implies that most of the postgraduate students are internet users. I.