Internet is a very crucial communication instrument now a days.

It has changed our ordinary life at

home, educational environment and at work. Not only internet has many applications in our
everyday life but also qualifies special and unique features that have doubled its attraction
(Hasanzadeh et al., 2012). The internet has become a basic tool for trading, entertainment,
communication, as well as education in contemporary world. Today, communications through
computer and internet is a part of life reality. Nevertheless, despite the high speed of information
flow and potential educational value of the internet, there are several attributes of the internet
which may foster addictive behavior. These attributes include easy and flexible access 24 hours a
day; anonymity; provision of free, diversified, and unlimited number of social networks without
geographical boundaries; greater control over one's self-presentation; and provision of numerous
opportunities to fulfill the need for belongingness as well as to escape from emotional difficulties,
problematic situations, and personal hardships (Shek et al., 2008). In the late 1990s, the internet
continued to grow and many were proclaiming the vast benefits computers and internet access
would have on schools and academic performance. In fact, some suggested that computers
increased learning in specific academic areas such as mathematics and science (Wenglinsky, 1998).

Refence: ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLEInternational Journal of Education and Management Studies

A Study of Internet Addiction and Its Impact on Academic Performance of University Students
By Amin, Shaigan; Kaur, Khushgeet. Retieved from
https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-3682724921/a-study-of-internet-addiction-and-
its-impact-on-academic

Technology nowadays is changing the way of how things are done. Knowing fully that internet is an
essential tool for facilitating academic activities for learning. The services provided by internet have
had a major impact in the university and in teaching and learning methods. The Internet has made
computers across the globe interconnected.

According to study of Emeka and Nyeche (2016) the internet today is a worldwide entity whose
nature cannot be easily or simply defined. To many, the internet is a large computer network
linking together millions of smaller computers at numerous sites in various countries belonging to
thousands of business, government, research, educational and other organizations. To the internet
users, the internet is a global community one with a very active life. In today world, the Internet
plays a vital role in the teaching, research and learning process in academic institutions. Thus, the
advent of the Internet has heralded the emergence of a new form of knowledge production and
distribution the soft form.