%0 Journal Article
%T PATTERN OF INTERNET USAGE IN CYBER CAF¨¦S IN MANILA: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
%A Rex P. Bringula
%A Jenmart Bonifacio
%A Ana Natanauan
%A Mikael Manuel
%J International Journal of Cyber Society and Education
%D 2012
%I Academy of Taiwan Information Systems Research
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/ijcse.1102
%X This study determined the profile and pattern of Internet usage of respondents in cyber caf¨¦s in Manila. The study employed an exploratory-descriptive design in which a validated descriptive-survey form was used as the research instrument. Forty-seven cyber caf¨¦s in 14 districts in the City of Manila were randomly selected. There were 545 respondents. It was found that most of the respondents were Manila settlers (f = 368, 70%), students (f = 382, 73%), pursuing or had attained a college degree (f = 374, 72%), male (f = 356, 68%), young (19 and below) (f = 314, 60%), Roman Catholic (f = 423, 81%), single (f = 470, 90%), had a computer at home (f = 269, 51%), belonged to the middle-income class (f = 334, 64%), and used the Internet in the afternoon (f = 274, 50.3%,  2 = 113.98, DF = 2, p < 0.01) once to twice a week (f = 193, 36.9%,  2 = 90.04, DF = 3, p < 0.01). Frequency of visit of Internet users was not equally distributed during the week and Internet users showed the tendency to visit cyber caf¨¦s at a particular time of the day when grouped according to profile. The first hypothesis stated that frequency of visiting a cyber caf¨¦ would not be equally distributed during the week when grouped according to profile was accepted. The second hypothesis, which stated that respondents would not show a tendency to use the internet in a cyber caf¨¦ at a particular time of the day was rejected. The study also discusses the limitations and implications of the findings.
%K Cyber Caf¨¦
%K Digital Divide
%K Internet Caf¨¦
%K Internet Usage
%K Manila
%K Problematic Internet Users
%K Prudent Internet Users
%U http://www.academic-journals.org/ojs2/index.php/IJCSE/article/view/1102