Internet and Online Newspaper Accessing Behaviour of Pakistani Academics: A Survey at Sindh University, Jamshoro

Abstract

This article discusses internet use and online newspaper accessing behaviour of academics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. A self completion close-ended questionnaire was designed and copies distributed among a purposive-sample of academic staff at the University. The sample included all the faculty members (i.e. visiting, on contract and regular) working in the Department of Social Sciences. The study found that academics who are internet-users, or ‘netters’, for the most part, used internet at their residences – home and hostel, and accessed mostly two online newspapers. Finally, the majority of academics preferred to access English-language online newspapers.