Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-35).

Thesis (Ph. D.)(Information Science)--University of Pretoria, 2002. / Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Johannesburg, 2012 / The Internet is a technology that has become a big part of people’s daily living. Through its ability to act as a support medium in the different functions for which people use it, the Internet was introduced to academic institutions as a tool to enhance students’ academic experience in the mid 1990s. Today, the Internet plays a major role in the classroom, from course materials being available online to larger ranges of academic resources being a few clicks away, the influence of the Internet on campus is incontestably felt. This dissertation looks at finding evidence of an association between Internet usage and academic performance among university students. It addresses the need to evaluate whether the Internet is fulfilling the role it was initially brought on campus for. In this dissertation, a qualitative and a quantitative study were developed to measure students’ Internet usage on campus, the reasons for which they use it and how the Internet influences their academic grades. 389 3rd year students from different academic disciplines participated in this study. In summary, the results of this study show that the Internet exerts some influence on students’ academic performance but no link of causality between the two could be established.

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The paper in the broadest sense looks to the usage of the internet and our obligations if at all any, there to be. We use the case of Wikipedia as a reference site. We used literature from the free rider problem, we deconstructed the literature into relevant elements, and then built a framework to which the case of Wikipedia can be applied. The results of the application shows, at times, users are not merely surfing when they browse the internet, they are free riding and as such may be morally liable to those internet sites.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dept. of Communication, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007. / Advisers: George A. Barnett, Thomas H. Feeley. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong Baptist University, 2002. / Thesis submitted to Dept. of Communication Studies. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-184).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 10, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-76).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, August, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.