Behavior of Online Media Use of Students of Faculty of Nursing, Suratthani Rajabhat University

Abstract

The objective of this survey research was to investigate the behavior of online media use among nursing students of Faculty of Nursing, Suratthani Rajabhat University. Five aspects of social media use involving education, communication entertainment, problems of using online media, and solutions to solve the problem of using online media were asked. Participants were 206 nursing students. Simple random method was used to draw the student according to their student ID. Then they were chose between even or odd numbers in order to participate in this study. The data was collected using Google form. The instrument was a questionnaire developed by Kamolluck In-eak. The questionnaire was divided into 5 parts. The reliability was test in the 30 participants. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.93. The results of the study revealed that the online media use behavior among nursing students in each year was not different. More than half of the participants were female. The most used device was a mobile phone which was used frequently in dormitories. It was also found that nursing students had a daily frequency of use. The participants reported that they spent for more than 2 hours a day between 8PM to 12 PM. The highest proportion of the online media used was for academic purposes and the lowest proportion was for communicating. The most common problem reported was a long period of time used as well as the problem on personal security.