This document discusses a study on the impact of internet cafes on students in Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. It finds that while internet cafes provide access to technology and opportunities for communication, they can also have negative impacts, especially on students. Many students spend time browsing non-educational websites, chatting, and watching movies, including pornography, instead of using the internet for educational purposes. The availability of private cabins and lack of restrictions at cafes enables these negative behaviors. The document presents findings from surveys of cafe owners and students on cafe facilities, services, usage, and impacts on students.
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The impact of internet cafes
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THE IMPACT OF INTERNET CAFES
ON STUDENTS IN GOMAL UNIVERSITY D I KHAN
Ghulam Muhammad Kundi*,
Aziz Javed and Naveed Saif**
Dept. of Public Administration*
Dept. of Business Administration**
Gomal University DIKhan, PAKISTAN
*Assistant Professor at MPA;Email;gmkundi@hotmail.com
** Assistant Professor at DBA;Email;Azizjaved_mba@yahoo.com
** Naveed Saif (Corresponding Author); Email; naveedsaif_naveedsaif@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT;
Internet cafes are mushrooming across the country all in the big and small cities and even in towns and villages.
“The basic idea behind establishing Internet clubs is to promote information technology. The government is
laying down the policy to set up IT Centers in every nook and corner of the country. These cafes are instrumental
for the promotion of IT and play a pivotal Role in this regard by benefiting those who have no access to this
facility at their homes. Although Internet cafes are offering new opportunities to get online education,
communication and information services - research indicates that negative impacts of these cafes are far-
reaching, particularly in the students' community. As the heading of the research project indicates, the
respondents for the required data included mangers/owners of the cafes and the visitors (students). Students of
Gomal University were used for questionnaire fill-up. Thus these two groups form the population of this research
project. In this study I selected the sample through simple random sampling and sample size is 50. It is also sad
to see the people misusing the great blessing. And it is much more distressing to know that it is our youth, who
are addicted to this misuse. The availability of pornographic pictures, videos and provocative sites is the biggest
problem on the Internet. According to the survey majority of the customers of these clubs are the Students of
various schools and colleges. They come in the morning and leave the cafe in afternoon or late evening. These
students instead of using the Internet for educational purpose prefer browsing different websites; indulge in
chatting and watching movies, especially pornography. Majority of the Internet cafes have six to seven feet high
cabins fitted with fancy lights, music and refreshments. The internet cafes are corrupting the minds of the
younger generation in the name of access to information technology. The government is planning to block the
porn sites but they are in millions and hundreds of them are launched almost every day. Why can't a law be
enforced prohibiting the cafe owners from providing privacy through the secret cabins to the consumers?
Key Words; Internet cafes, Education, Information services, Customers, Browsing
INTRODUCTION
By the inception of Internet in Pakistan, Internet cafes are mushrooming across the country all in the big
and small cities and even in towns and villages. “The basic idea behind establishing Internet clubs is to promote
information technology. The government is laying down the policy to set up IT Centers in every nook and corner
of the country. These cafes are instrumental for the promotion of IT and play a pivotal Role in this regard by
benefiting those who have no access to this facility at their homes (Salman, 2003)."
This global access is working as a source of many types of learning. Internet-navigators get knowledge
about several aspects of life both good and bad. Internet has both positive and negative impacts on its users
according to their type of interest in the Internet. Students are the major users of this technology therefore; great
effects are being cast on their learning, knowledge, morality and social behavior. Research in this area is new
and contains huge opportunities to find new dimensions of knowledge about the interaction between ICT and
human beings.
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Significance
Internet was first introduced in Pakistan around 1996 in the big cities only however, it spread across the
country so rapidly that presently almost no city is left without access to the information highway. So Internet
cafes are still in their infancy to join the IT services industry with maturity. This research is a contribution to this
effect with the following fresh findings on the topic in this location of the country:
1. Number, nature and conditions of the internet cafes in Dera Ismail Khan
2. The magnitude of different usage of inherent as well as the misuses of the cafes parochially by the
student’s community.
The findings will be an addition to the knowledge of all who have stake in the good or bad impacts of
these cafes, including:
1. Parents can better guide their and control the kids.
2. Government authorities can plan to regulate internet cafes in Dera Ismail Kjhan in more informed
manner.
3. Students can use this research as spadework for further research in the same area of research.
Problem Statement
Although Internet cafes are offering new opportunities to get online education, communication and
information services - research indicates that negative impacts of these cafes are far-reaching, particularly in the
students' community. Given the possibility of this unwanted usage, important concerns are on stake. Research is
underway to highlight this new type of communication between the technology and students. This research
project aims at exploring the same phenomena in the background of cafes in Dera Ismail Khan.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Internet Technology
Internet has now become a global commonality for example, “Internet is a rapidly evolving global
spanning technology, opening up new doors of opportunities, and making the world markets more competitive:
transaction cost has been reduced; information is easily available to the economic agents”. (Naeem Ahassan,
2001:27)" “The Internet is the largest computer network in the world. It allows millions of people around the
globe to meet, work together, socialize, and help each other in ways that formerly where impossible (Gulf News,
2003)."
Internet in Pakistan
In June 2001, Economic Survey of Pakistan released figures saying, "country has at least 1.3 million
Internet users, significantly up from earlier estimates that put this figure somewhere between 200,000 and
300,000 (Daily DAWN, 2001)." Does this mean that this government's information technology (IT) policy is
giving results? Or are we simply seeing an expected rise in the number of net users in the country.
In any case, the signs are encouraging that this important tool of disseminating and gathering
information is catching on in our society, especially among young people. The spread of the Internet in a country
like Pakistan - even among the smaller towns and cities where cyber cafes have sprung up - is good because it
acts as a catalyst for progress in many other fields. Not only do people have greater access to information, but
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the means of doing so is not controlled by any single authority. It can thus have quite a democratizing effect in
the sense that a teenager from an underprivileged background can access the same information and benefit from
it to the extent that someone from a very affluent household does.
A survey showed that teenagers school and college students are frequent visitors to the Internet clubs,
stretched in various parts of the city, with the possibility of browsing of pornographic websites. There has been a
mushroom growth of Internet cafes. There is hardly a plaza or market which has no Internet cafe. Coupled with
this, almost every Information Technology (IT) institution offers the services of Internet cafe. Parents say that
while the information technology cannot be stopped from making headway in our lives but there is also a
possibility of its misuse by the young generation, which can ruin their lives. This can, they argue, only become
useful if the Internet cafe owners are asked to ensure that the students and other youth do not get access to
pornographic websites. (DAWN, 24 July 2001)
The methods of promoting computer literacy include workshops and seminars regarding the use of the
computer must be carried on. So that positive attitudes among the masses could be flourished. For this purpose
the Internet cafes must be checked.” (The Nation, By Lamia Zia 4/9/2003) According to a recent statement of
our science & IT minister that now internet is available in about 800 cities of Pakistani compared with India who
have internet facility in just 600 cities. This is considered as a great achievement and it is. But here is a question
that availability of internet all over the country at low rates guaranteed development? Do our people know the
use of internet for development purpose? It is a fact that the ratio of informative and educational sites in the total
is very low.
Pilot Study
Pilot study was conducted to understand the general situation of the topic, verification and checking the
operability of the variables extracted from the literature and catch any new variables, if any. Since Internet has
become a global concept particularly among the students, therefore all the variables were found popularly used
however, with some additional meanings. For example, there were some 'INSTITUTES' which are called cafes
but they did not even have Internet connection. So that was a new definition of 'INTERNET CAFÉ.'
About ten questionnaires were filled and interviews were also conducted in the same number. Same
questionnaire and interview guides were used for the full-scale study with minor modifications in the format and
structures of both the instruments.
Theoretical Framework
The theoretical framework of this research is given in Figure 1. The diagram includes all the variables
extracted from the literature review and the interviews from the cafémanagers and students. All the emergent
relationships among the research variables are illustrated through different arrows and their directions.
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Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of the Theoretical Framework;
Concepts/Variables
Following is the list of the research variables and their attributes that were explored in this research
project.
1. Objectives: Internet cafes have been established with different prepossess in the minds of owners.
The most highly ranked objectives are 'for a job,' 'business' 'add to technological development,'
'community services' etc. however, most of the cafes are owned and managed by fresh graduates
(both IT and non-IT) who initially began this business as a job.
2. Facilities: Internet facilities consist of computers, coaching and sitting environment. As far as
computers are concerned, most of the cafes possess pII and PIII machines while some have PIV as
well. Coaching is very rare however; 'help-desk' is available in most of the cafes. Some cafes offer
training facilities as well. Sitting arrangements mostly consist of separate cabins for each terminal.
3. Services: Internet access is the main service for email, chatting and browsing purposes. Some cafes
also offer additional services like, sales and services of computer technology, composing and PCO.
4. Use & Users: More than 70% visitors to Internet cafes are students from schools colleges and
universities. Likewise, email, chatting, navigation, recreation and education/research are the
possible uses of Internet services. There are several reports of negative usage of cafes. Some cafes
use local CD programs by putting CD movies on their network and disconnecting with the Internet.
5. Impacts: On the one side, these cafes are providing opportunities for the local public an access to
the hi-tech in the contemporary world. Everybody can not buy a computer and spend continuously
to stay connected with the Internet. These cafes help masses less expensively. On the other hand,
those cafes which are providing environments for the negative use, they are definitely damaging
the morality and intellectual progress of the users. And since most of the users are students
therefore students' education is certainty affected by these negative impacts.
Hypothesis
Following hypotheses were tested in this study:
1. Internet cafes have more negative than positive impacts on the students.
Objectives
Facilities
Services
USE
Impact On
students
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2. Facilities and Services provided in cafes are correlated with their impacts (both positive and negative)
on the students of Gomal University.
3. Cafes are enhancing students' knowledge.
4. Internet cafes have insufficient facilities and need further improvements.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Population
As the heading of the research project indicates, the respondents for the required data included
mangers/owners of the cafes and the visitors (students). Students of Gomal University were used for
questionnaire fill-up. Thus these two groups form the population of this research project.
Sample & Sampling
In this study I selected the sample through simple random sampling and sample size is 50.
Concepts/Variables Operationalized
Table 1.
SN Variable Elements
1 Objectives 1. Job/Employment
2. Commercial/Business
3. Education and Community Services
2 Facilities 1. No of computers
2. Type of Computers
3. Coaching
4. Sitting Arrangement
3 Use 1. No of visits to café
2. Total time spent in one session
3. Use for email, chatting, research, entertainment.
4 Services 1. Internet
2. Quality of Internet service
3. Sales and Service of computers and accessories
4. PCO
5 Security (services) 1. Security software( Window Options, Special Software)
2. Special software like FireWalls
6 Impact on Students 1. Studies
2. Morality
3. Daily life
RESEARCH FINDINGS
Some years ago, the net was accessible mainly by computers at universities, large companies and
government organizations. Now days however, the electronic floodgates have opened, making the Internet
accessible to any body with a personal computer and a modem. With home computers still in limited use because
of their cost, most Internet users rely on cafes, which now exist in even small towns and Villages (Gulf News,
2003).
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Internet it self is a very useful and important tool of development now days but it is really sad that in
Pakistan people are mostly misusing it. Those who use it for development purpose are still very few. There is
need to develop sense in people. The availability of internet to every one is not big achievement. The
achievement would be the positive use of it. (Spread of Internet in Pakistan – Is it a sign of Development? By
Syeda Afsheen Thursday, October 21, 2004)
Internet Cafes in DIKhan
A huge network of Internet cafes has mushroomed in every nook and corner of the country since 1996
when Internet was first introduced in the country. Big cities are buzzing with Internet facilities here and there.
Small cities are not far behind. Dera Ismail Khan, though not a big city, has about 32 cafes only in the city area.
At the moment most of the cafes are basically used for communication purposes with email and
chatting as frequently used features. As far as physical aspects of these cafes are concerned, there is an
increasing trend of updating the facilities in the café. Data collected through personal observations and
particularly the interviews with the owners of cafes unfold several organizational and managerial aspects of these
cafes. Following is an account of leading characteristics.
Objectives of Establishing Cafes
“The basic idea behind establishing Internet clubs is to promote information technology. The
government laid down the policy to set up IT Centers in every nook and corner of the country. These cafes are
instrumental for the promotion of IT and play a pivotal Role in this regard by benefiting those who have no
access to this Facility at their homes” (Salman, owner of caféin Rawalpindi (THE NATION 09/04/03)
Most frequently cited objective is the 'business' and 'employment.' Almost all of the cafes are owned
and managed by the young graduates with graduate and post graduate degrees mostly in computer studies. Since
every organization is established with multiple objectives therefore, other educational and social objectives are
also achieved either intentionally or unintentionally.
Number of cafes is amazingly big given the vicinity of city within which all of these Internet services
are being provided. It casts an overall positive impact on the society and special communities like businessmen,
educational institutions because they can find themselves in a conducive environment to catch up with modern
developments. This environment creates excitement and thus an urge to upgrade.
Facilities
1. COMPUTERS: Most of the cafes are packed with PII and PIII machines. Some also have PIV
while others are planning to swap their machines with new powerful computers. As a whole,
however, there are lesser complaints about the machines themselves and more about the services
and their quality. Other facilities like web camera are rare.
2. COACHING: Most of the cafes have formal instructors or lab assistants to either formally train the
users to use Internet or provide online help from the help desk, which is operative when the caféis
working.
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3. SITTING ARRAIGNMENT: Majority of the cafes are working one room or shop area with mostly
medium-sized cabins, each with a computer for individual user. Since dominant whether of there is
pretty hot therefore, air conditioning is required. However, very few cafes proved this facility.
Table 2. Main Features of the Internet Cafes in Dera Ismail Khan
S
N
Name of Cafe Address Comp Rates
Rs.
Time
a.m p.m
Stu
%
Use
C% B% E%
1
2
3
4
5
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Neo-Tech
AIM.Net café
Axis internet café
PACE internet café
Computer Vision
Jeo net café
Universal internet
Comsoft net café
Nasa internet café
Just click net café
Informix net café
Net vision
Fast world net café
Area 51
New Comsol
Discovery no 1
Discovery no 2
Toba internet café,
Malangi net café
Sherzai net café
Gomal net café
Capric net café
Hote net café
Friends net café
Khan net café
Blue flam net café,
Speed linker,
Shan computers,
Moon internet café,
Links net café,
Sahebzada
computer,
Comtech café
Opposite Seraj complex
Opposite city campus
opposite wensim
college
opposite wensim
college
opposite wensim
college
near by muryalli mote
opposite muryalli mote
Kashmir chock
north circular road
Mahella Jugiawalla
Islam market
Islam market
Muslim bazaar
North circular road
South circular road
Sheen center
North circular road
West circular road
opposite Town hall
shanglla market
shanglla market
West circular road
West circular road
opposite Town hall
Dryia sendh bendh road
shanglla market
kemishnary bazaar
shanglla market
Al-masood market
Sedar bazaar
8
7
6
10
8
5
4
7
7
6
8
6
6
8
6
8
5
7
6
3
9
6
8
7
8
6
7
6
6
7
15
5
7
10
15
15
15
15
20
15
20
20
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20
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20
20
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20
20
20
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20
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9:00 10:00
9:00 3:00
8:30 10:00
7:30 1:00
11:00 7:30
9:00 12:00
9:00 9:00
9:00 4:00
8:30 10:30
8:00 11:00
9:00 11:00
9:30 11:30
9:30 12:00
8:00 2:00
8:00 10:00
9:30 3:00
9:30 8:00
10:0010:0
10:0012:0
8:30 9:30
9:00 11:00
10:0012:0
10:00 1:00
24 h
8:00 10:00
10:0010:0
8:30 11:00
8:30 10:00
8:00 10:30
9:00 1:00
11:00 4:30
9:00 12:00
9:00 12:00
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90
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90
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85
60
90
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60
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30
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50
70
30
50
70
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70
50
50
50
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70
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50
50
30
60
25
30
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20
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40
10
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20
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10
20
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Decent cafe near Gomal University
opposite cotely
north circular road
DISCUSSION
How far Internet Cafes are loaded with latest technologies? The above table shows that very good Number of
respondents (46%) are agree that internet cafes are loaded with latest technologies
They have enough facilities. The above tabel shows that very good Number of respondents (42%) have views
that internet cafes have no enough facilities. But a very small number of respondents (36%) have views that
internet cafes have enough facilities.
Question No 7. They keep their facilities updating. The above table shows that avery good number of
respondents (40%) have views that internet cafes not keeping their facilities up grading. But a small number of
respondents (4%) have views that they keep their facilities not up grading.
Question No 11. Their facilities are below requirements
Question No 12. They have no instructors to guide the visitors.
4.2.3 Services
Question No 6. Cafes are best serving the community.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
3
17
11
13
6
6 %
34 %
22 %
26 %
12 %
Question No 8. Their service is hassle-free.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
2
7
15
23
4 %
14 %
30 %
46 %
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Strongly disagree 3 3 %
Question No 9. They are not expensive.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
5
18
6
14
7
10 %
36 %
12 %
28 %
14 %
Question No 10. There need to be more Internet cafes.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
5
25
5
10
5
10 %
50 %
10 %
20 %
10 %
Question No 13. Their computers are old and slow.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
18
20
5
5
2
36 %
40 %
10 %
10 %
4 %
Question No 14. Cafés’ environment is not friendly.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
3
28
1
15
3
6 %
56 %
2 %
30 %
6 %
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Users & Usage
In Pakistan when people get access to internet what many of them do? They use it mostly for
entertainment. Many of students spent lot of time and money in surfing on internet. They do Chatting or visit
other entertainment sites. Students do use internet for education purpose. But their ratio is very low. To have a
rough idea of surfing internet by our new generation, just read “Net Beetian” on Jang Sunday Magazine. It is
surprising to read that boys and girls go to internet cafes and spend many hours daily in just chatting. And the
out come of spending time and money is just one “Net Beeti”. No other benefit except impulse pleasure. Just join
any Pakistani chat room at any site, you will know that what is the level of language and which type of language
codes mostly our people use in chatting. Of course not all but there are many who doing so. The number of
“cyber addicted” people in our country is increasing day by day.
“The Internet is filled with activity. On the serious side, you can conduct business, follow the stock
market, make contacts, and collaborate with distant business partners. On the lighter side, you can read movie
reviews, play "dungeon" games with people in other countries, listen to unreleased music, trade recipes, buy and
sell personal items, and of course, make friends (Daud Pota-Isa, 1999: 19-21)."
Different Kinds of Uses
As reported by the users and the managers of Internet Cafes in DIKhan, following are the dominant
uses of this technology are as under:
Question No 1. How many times do you visit Internet cafes in a week?
Options(week) Total
response
Percentage
Once
Twice
Three times
Four times
Five times
Six times
Daily
18
10
12
6
1
1
2
36 %
20 %
24 %
12 %
2 %
2 %
4 %
Question No 2. Duration of a Session
Options(hour) Total response Percentage
1
1.5
2
more then 2
17
12
11
10
34 %
24 %
22 %
20 %
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Question No 3. Different Uses of Internet
Options Total response Percentage
E-mail
Chatting
Education/Research
Surfing
12
20
17
1
24 %
40 %
34 %
2 %
Types of Users
Cyber cafes are favorite hangouts for Pakistanis young and old to play games, chat, and e-mail, surf the
web... or send terror emails and watch hard porn. But soon the internet cafes' dual use as pseudo blue cinemas
and terrorist mailing points could be a thing of the past. Concern at the cafes' seamier side has prompted the
government to draft a law to regulate their activities. The manager of one of the scores of internet cafes in
Islamabad said it would be impossible to control what sites his clients browse and view.
“According to the survey majority of the customers of these clubs are the Students of various schools
and colleges. They come in the morning and leave the cafe in afternoon or late evening. These students instead
of using the Internet for educational purpose prefer browsing different websites; indulge in chatting and
watching movies, especially pornography. Majority of the Internet cafes have six to seven feet high cabins fitted
with fancy lights, music and refreshments. Many parents complained, “Due to these cafes our children do not
pay heed to their studies and all the time they rush to these cafes.”
Impacts on the Students
15. Most are running local-CD programs.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
18
20
1
10
1
36 %
40 %
2 %
20 %
2 %
16. Internet has positive impacts on students’ academic life.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
7
13
9
13
8
14 %
26 %
18 %
26 %
16 %
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17. It is helping them in their learning process.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
6
23
7
7
7
12 %
46 %
14 %
14 %
14%
18. Cafes’ have not disturbed students’ studies.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
7
12
8
12
11
14 %
24 %
16 %
24 %
11 %
19. They have made students a member of global society.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
4
35
7
3
1
8 %
70 %
14 %
6 %
2 %
20. Students’ are getting exposure of their personalities.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
4
25
10
10
1
8 %
50 %
20 %
20 %
2 %
21.Cafes’ are gravely damaging the morality of the students.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
15
17
7
3
4
30 %
34 %
14 %
6 %
8 %
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22. Most of the students are using Internet for unproductive purposes.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
20
21
4
2
3
40 %
42 %
8 %
4 %
6 %
23. It is students’ wastage of time.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
6
12
11
16
5
12 %
24 %
22 %
32 %
10 %
24. Students are distracting from their studies.
Options Total response Percentage
Strongly agree
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
Strongly disagree
5
17
18
9
1
10 %
34 %
36 %
18 %
2 %
OVER ALL IMPACT
25. Please comment about the overall impact of Internet Cafes on the student community.
Options Total
response
Percent
age
Good source of education
Depend upon the use
Wastage of time
Harvey source of destruction
Source of movies
19
9
6
16
7
38 %
18 %
12 %
32 %
14 %
“With relatively little investment, the Internet can help open new markets, better exploit existing
markets, streamline procurement and other business processes, lower the costs of doing business in storage,
research and inventory, and increase the speed of work.” Dawn Feature (04 July 2000)
It is also sad to see the people misusing the great blessing. And it is much more distressing to know that
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it is our youth, who are addicted to this misuse. The availability of pornographic pictures, videos and provocative
sites is the biggest problem on the Internet. Now the question arises that what should be done? Some special type
of screen needs to be used so that such sites cannot be visited. Then, comes the responsibility of the government.
There is a lot of software available which block the viewing of these sites. That software must be installed in all
running cafes and a frequent check must be maintained (S.G. Karachi 08 February 2001)
Although the Internet has certainly become the most important medium to communicate nowadays, its
misuse by our youths is both condemnable and harmful”. (DAWN (letters to the editors) M. FARHAN SIDDIQI,
Karachi 27/06/03))
“According to the survey conducting by THE NATION, majority of the customers of these clubs are the
students of various colleges and universities. They come in the morning and leave the cafe in afternoon or late
evening. These students instead of using the Internet for educational purpose Prefer browsing different websites
indulge in chatting and watching movies, especially pornography”. ”It is time to think about our society's values
and to control this situation to save the younger generation from harmful material on the Internet. We must
monitor our computers, the net cafe in the street next door and keep our children out of harm's way”. (DAWN
(letters to the editors) by FARIDA ANJUM, Khuzdar 16 /03/03)
CONCLUSION
At times, there were bookstores and book stalls found within every mile. Now 'Cyber cafes' have taken
their place. The Internet on the one hand provides us with great knowledge, a vast platform to exchange views
with people from all over the world, find a job etc. But it also has some drawbacks. The first and the foremost
effect are on the mental and physical activities and actual social life.
Students do use internet for education purpose. But in that also there are several disadvantages. Students
normally surf more on internet then teachers. It happens several times that a teacher give some work to student
and he get it from internet, copy it and present to the teacher, who many times unable to know that the matter is
copied from internet. In this way students are giving up habit of reading book. They just open sites get the
information copy paste it and make the assignment. Many times they do not even bother to read it. However a
very good advantage of internet for students is for those who want to seek knowledge, can get access to data very
quickly and can books of many foreign authors which are very expensive to buy.
Most of the cafes provide screened-off cubicles around their computer terminals, giving users total
privacy. "We provide privacy to customers because people come here and write personal e-mails to their friends
and relatives and nobody wants to show others when he or she is writing a letter," the manager said. In the cabin
or behind the partition, who does what is not our business." (Cyber cafes a 'terror threat' 05/05/2004 09:21 -
(SA)) "The blocking of porn sites is impossible as there are millions of such web pages on the internet," he said,
asking not to be named. (DAWN, 24 May 2003).
RECOMMENDATIONS
The internet cafes are corrupting the minds of the younger generation in the name of access to
information technology. The government is planning to block the porn sites but they are in millions and
hundreds of them are launched almost every day. Why can't a law be enforced prohibiting the cafe owners from
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providing privacy through the secret cabins to the consumers? If the people really need access to information
technology, they do not need privacy. (Letters to editors DR ALI AHMAD Peshawar)
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1. Amna Atif and (02003) The Nation, 4/9/2003.
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4. (DAWN Opinion 23 June 2001).
5. (DAWN, 24 July 2001)
6. (Letters to editors DR ALI AHMAD Peshawar)
7. (Letters to editors DR ALI AHMAD Peshawar)
8. (M.Iqbal Saif, the basic research process p 83-84).
9. (Naeem Ahassan, 2001:27)
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Col 5.
12. Syeda Afsheen Thursday, October 21, 2004
Correlation Analysis Computations (Cafes - Impacts)
X y dx dx2 dy dy2 su(x) su(y) su(x)*su(y)
3,08 3 0,26 0,0676 -0,03 0,0009 0,665472 -0,06001 -0,03994
2,16 3,33 -0,66 0,4356 0,3 0,09 -1,68928 0,60012 -1,01377
2,25 2,33 -0,57 0,3249 -0,7 0,49 -1,45892 -1,40028 2,042896
2,33 2,44 -0,49 0,2401 -0,59 0,3481 -1,25416 -1,18024 1,480204
3,25 3,11 0,43 0,1849 0,08 0,0064 1,100589 0,160032 0,176129
3,33 3,22 0,51 0,2601 0,19 0,0361 1,305349 0,380076 0,496132
3 2,66 0,18 0,0324 -0,37 0,1369 0,460712 -0,74015 -0,34099
2,5 2,66 -0,32 0,1024 -0,37 0,1369 -0,81904 -0,74015 0,606213
2,83 3 0,01 0,0001 -0,03 0,0009 0,025595 -0,06001 -0,00154
2,91 2,44 0,09 0,0081 -0,59 0,3481 0,230356 -1,18024 -0,27187
2,91 3,55 0,09 0,0081 0,52 0,2704 0,230356 1,040208 0,239618
2,41 2,88 -0,41 0,1681 -0,15 0,0225 -1,0494 -0,30006 0,314883
2,33 2,77 -0,49 0,2401 -0,26 0,0676 -1,25416 -0,5201 0,652293
2,83 3,66 0,01 0,0001 0,63 0,3969 0,025595 1,260252 0,032256