Research Of Use And Misuse Of Internet 632e5t

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------:0:--------------------------------------------

Firstly , the researchers would like to express our greastest gratitude to our supervisor of this project who is also our English Teacher, Ms Umi Kalthum Bt Amir for her valuable guidance and advice. She inspired us greatly to work in this project. Her willingness to motivate us contributed tremendously to our research. Without her encouragement and guidance, this research this research would not have materialised. Besides, the researchers would also like to thank to all KMM student who had been our respondents, sparing their precious time to answer all our questions.Their cooperation is much appreciated. Thank you to all of you

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TABLE OF CONTENTS No.

Contents

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study / Literature Review 1.2 Statement of Problem & Hypothesis 1.3 Objectives of Study 1.4 Scope & Limitations of Study

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2.0 METHODOLOGY

2.1 Research Design 2.2 Research Instrument 2.3 Samples / Respondents

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3.0 DATA ANALYSIS 3.1 Analysis of Data and Discussion of Findings

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4.0 CONCLUSION 4.1 Conclusion 4.2 Recommendations

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REFERENCES

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APPENDIX

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1

Background of study and literature view

Lately, the internet has become a leading performance ever achieved by mankind. It has become an important tool in the lives of individuals, especially to those who exploit it as it The Internet can be accessed almost anywhere by numerous means, including through mobile Internet devices . Mobile phones, datacards, handheld game consoles , laptop and cellular routers allow s to connect to the Internet wirelessly.What is internet? According to the public worldwide computer network system. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . updated 29 January 201. Retrieved 2012-02-09 , from en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Internet # access stated that internet is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies and it carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to email.

Then through in few years precisely in mid-1990s the internet has had a drastic impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites. Since then, human beings can not avoid the fact that the internet has become an important tool in everyday life

Even though that the internet gives great benefit to people , there are still some people who misuses the internet.What is the meaning of misuses of the internet? There are a lot of definition of misuses of internet.According to Misuses of Internet.Wikipedia. Retrieve 201202-08,from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_misuses_of_Internet define that misuses of internet is the social networking harassment plagiarism/ copyright inappropriate uses of internet.The example misuse of internet are such as ing music that you didn't pay for, copying copyrighted pictures, hacking into emails,harassment fraud and etc...

There should be an appropriate and moderate use of internet in which a balance is maintained between use and misuse.Through our research on the uses and misuses of internet among KMM students,we will be able to identify whether do KMM students misuses the internet or not. 3

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Statement of problem

Internet are widely used by students in KMM but it is not clear whether they used it for a good purpose or just misuse it. For an instance, some of student may misuse the internet such as ing pornographic material or ing some illegal material to their friends. It is crucial to know the solution of the problems because this issues can decide whether KMM students free from the misuse of the internet or not.Do KMM students realise or aware about the uses and misuses of the internet ? Do they know what the mainly purpose of the internet ? do they alert about the misuses of the internet among KMM students ? Do they extent the internet misuses among them ?

Hypothesis From our initial observation and investigation, the researchers hypothesized that KMM students knew about the uses and misuses of the internet because it probably has been taught in schools.However, the researchers hypothesized that KMM students are mostly realise and aware about the uses and misuses of the internet.They know briefly about the purpose of the internet based on their own opinions.Unfortunately,most of KMM students misuses the internet for their own benefits.Thus,it prove that in KMM,there are many extent of internet misuse among KMM students.

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Objective of study i)

To know what KMM students use the internet for

ii)

To identify the misuses of the internet by KMM students

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To investigate the extent of internet misuse among KMM students

Research questions

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i)

What do KMM students use the internet for ?

ii)

How do KMM students misuse the internet ?

iii)

What is the extent of the internet misuse by KMM student ?

Scope and limitation of study

This research is all about the issue in KMM and was conducted in KMM.Thus, the results is only in KMM and can not be generalized in other places.There is also a small group of samples participated in this research due to lack of time and finance.Therefore, the result may not completely accurate as we wanted. 4

APPENDIX 1 KOLEJ MATRIKULASI MELAKA MINISTRY OR EDUCATION ENGLISH (WB023) THE USES AND MISUSES OF THE INTERNET AMONG KMM STUDENTS This survey is conducted as a fullfilment for English WB023 syllabus.Please give your respond to the questionaire truthfully.All information given will kept confidential and we will never leaked your respon to others. Respondent’s personal information

Module

: Module 1

Module 2

Gender

:Male

Female

Module 3

s

1. Do you always use the internet in your daily life ? Yes

No

Rationale :To investigate the use of the internet among KMM students.

2. What do you usually use the internet for ? (You may tick more than one option ) To search for information For online social networking For online transaction (e-Banking, e-Shopping, e-Pay, Cash transfer and etc) For entertainment purposes (Online video games , Online chatting , Watch movie , and etc) For blogging , Twitting and Facebooking

Rationale : To obtain the information on the purpose of using internet by KMM students

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3. Have you ever misused the internet ? Yes

No

(If you choose “ YES“ please answer question 4 If you choose “NO “ please skip question 4)

Rationale : To determine the extent of internet misuse among KMM students

4. How have you misused the internet ? (You may tick more than one option) Illegal accessing of information ing pornographic material (Pictures, Videos’etc) ing bad / improper materials Spreading viruses Spreading false/dangerous information/rumours Hacking

Rationale : To investigate the extent of their involvement in the misuse of internet

5. Who/What mainly influenced you to misuse the internet ? Friends Family Other people Environment Curiosity

Rationale : To determine the reason or person behind the misuse of the internet by KMM students.

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6. What do you think is the MAIN negative effect of misuse of internet on KMM students? (You may choose more than one option) Lack moral values Involved in cyber crimes Waste precious time Involved in social problems

Rationale : To identify the effects of the internet misuse on KMM students

7. Do you think that KMM students largely misuse the internet ?

Yes

No

Rationale : To investigate KMM student’s opinions regarding to the misuses of the internet among KMM students

8. Will the misuse of the internet affect the country ?

Yes

No

Rationale : To know the awareness on the internet misuse by KMM students.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION WE APPRECIATE IT

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2.0 METHODOLOGY

2.1 Research Design Firstly, we discuss in group and choose a topic to be researched. Then we decided the hypothesis as the guideline on completing this project. We divided work to each group to their part in project. Next, we prepared the questionnaire and distributed to the respondents. After that, we collect the questionnaire, record the result, analyze the data in form of graph. According to the results, we make a conclusion. Then, we submit the project documents. Lastly, we present the findings.

2.2 Research Instument The method that we use in this report is by questionnaire. We had prepared

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questionnaires to be distributed to Malacca Matriculation College students. We decided to choose questionnaire because it is easier for student to answer our questions in order to achieve our objective. They also do not given the limit time to answer the question, so we can get the correct answer without cheated by the respondent. The questionnaire is not included the name because certain students want their answer to be private. They do not want other people to know their answer because it might be embarrassing them. This method is easier compared to other method such as observations.Lastly, we serve internet to get the information of the uses and misuses of the internet

2.3 Research Respondents From the research which being done, we distributed 50 questionnaire to different students with different course. From 50 students who answer the questionnaire, 25 of them are male students, while the remaining 25 is the female students. The proportion of life science students is higher than the physical science and students. We only distributed the questionnaire to the matriculation students and no lecturer and college staffs are involve in this research.

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2.0 DATA ANALYSIS

Q1: Do you always use the internet in your daily life? THE FREQUENCY OF THE INTERNET USE AMONG MALE KMM STUDENTS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE

THE FREQUENCY OF THE INTERNET USE AMONG FEMALE KMM STUDENTS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE 12%

always use 92%

88%

seldomly use

8%

always use seldomly use

The pie chart shows that only 8% of male respondents that are seldomly use internet in their daily life and the rest are using the internet frequently in their daily life. The next pie chart shows that 88% of female respondents are using internet frequently in their daily life and another 12% shows that some of respondents are using internet seldomly in their daily life. Based on our research,the results of the frequency of the internet use among male and female respondents are does not have many difference and they totally know what is internet briefly.

Q2: What do you usually use the internet for? THE PURPOSE OF USING INTERNET BY KMM STUDENTS To search for information 22%

28%

For online social networking 25%

16%

For online transaction

9%

For entertainment purposes

The pie chart shows that the purpose of using internet by respondents. According to our research,the highest percentage of the purpose of using internet is belongs to blogging,Twitting and Facebooking while the lowest percentage of the purpose of internet are for online transaction. The respondent are know how to use the internet for a beneficial purpose. 9

Q3: Have you aver misused the internet?

Percentages of uses and misuses of internet among KMM students

The Number of KMM Students Who Misuse or Not Misuse the Internet

60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Misuse the internet

Male students 56

Female students 40

44

60

Not misuse the internet

By refering to the bar chart diagram above, it shows that the number of KMM students who misused the internet.From the data, the male students about 56% that have misused the internet which 16% more than female students that only 40%.This also indicates that the number of male students who misused the internet are 6% more than that who does not misused the internet.In addition, female students are only 60% that did not misuse on the internet which 20% more than misuse the internet.From the bar chart, the researchers could conclude that the number of KMM student that misuse the internet are higher than that who does not misuse the internet that widely found among the male KMM students rather than female. Q4:How have you misused the internet? The Types of Misuses of The Internet Among The KMM Students

Male Students

16%

8% 40%

4%

Female Students Illegal Illegal accessing of information ing pornographic materials

36%

20% 12%

16% ing bad/ improper materials

20% 20%

4% 4%

accessing of information ing pornographic materials ing bad/ improper materials Spreading virus Hacking

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Refer to the stimuli above, it shows that the types of misuses of the internet among the KMM students.From the male students pie chart, about 40% of students are illegaly accessing of information which is 36% more than misuses on spreading virus about 4% only.While on the female pie chart, about 36% are more toward on spreading false information which is about 32% more than both spreading virus and ing bad/ improper material.The male students have about 28% lesser than female students on spreading false information.Therefore male majority are higher in misuse the internet. Q5: Who/What the major influenced you to misuse the internet? The Main Reason That Influence Male KMM Students To Misuse The Internet Friends

Family

Other people

Environment

The Main Reason That Influence Female KMM Students To Misuse The Internet

curiosity

Friends

Family

Other people

Environment

Curiosity

11%

10% 47%

21%

41% 37%

16%

8% 5%

4%

From the graph,majority of the respondents who said friends are mainly influence them to misuse the internet is 38% where percentage of male respondents is 18% and female respondents is 20%.The almost least factors that influence them to misuse the internet is family which has lowest percentage,4%.This means that the major factor that influence KMM students to misuse the internet is friends.

Q6: What do you think the MAIN effect of misuse of internet on KMM students? The Negative Effects Of Misuse of Internet On KMM Students 20 15 10

Male

5

Female

0 Lack of moral value

Involved in Waste cyber crimes precious time

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Involved in social problems

After the research done,the results was tabulated in the form of bar chart,pie chart and many more.From the graph above,the highest percentage who said lack moral values is the main negative effectof misuse of internet on KMM students is 33% more than the other options.For female,the significant is on the waste precious time.Most of the female respondents said that the negative effect of misuse of internet is waste precious time while for male respondents choose the lack moral values is the main negative effect of misuse of internet.The least value for both respondents chosen are on the involved in cyber crimes which is only 13%.hence the main negative effect of misuse of internet is the lack of moral values. Q7: Do you think that KMM students largely misuse the internet? The Misuse Of The Internet Among KMM Students

Misuse 40%

Do not misuse 60%

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The graph shows the opinion of respondents about the largely misuse of the internet. It was indicates major of KMM students did not misuse the internet. The percentage of respondents did not misuse the internet was 20% higher compared to respondents misused the internet. The percentage of respondents who misused the internet was 40% while the respondents did not misuse the internet was 60%. In conclusion, the researchers found that most of the respondents does not misuse the internet

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Q8: Will the misuse of the internet affect the country?

The Misuse Of The Internet Among KMM Students 10% It affect the country 90%

10%

It does not affect the country

The pie chart shows the opinions of the respondents on the affect of misused of the internet to the country. It was indicated that most of respondents agreed the misused of the internet would affect the country. From the chart, 90% of the KMM students agreed that misuse of the internet will affect the country. Meanwhile, 10% of them disagreed that misuse of the internet will affect the country. Thus, it shown that there was a big different on the percentage of the respondents who agreed and disagree that misused of the internet would affect the country. Therefore, the researchers can conclude that most of the respondents agreed that the misused of the internet will effect the country.

4.0 CONCLUSION 4.1 Conclusion Refer to the hypothesis stated in 1.3, the reseachers concluded that our hypotesis are proven. This is because most of respondents are choose to misuse the internet rather than using it for the purpose. This can be prove based on our analysis about the uses and misuses the internet. Obviusly, questionnaire number 2 and 4 are related to our statement of problems. Based on the analysis for questionnaire number 2, the highest percentage of the purpose of the internet is the purpose of using internet are for blogging,Twitting and Facebooking. 4.2 Recommendation 

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Students must be made aware of the meaning of misuse of the internet.Student should know of the sanctions tthey will face if they are guilty of misusing of the internet. Futhermore, the faculty should give a lesson repeatly throughout the curriculum The world authority should increase security level throughout the internet so that the misuses of the internet especially among students are controlled. 13

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The parents should aware and moniterise their children behaviour whenever they use the internet and give a proper advise to prevent their children from misusing the internet.

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