Everyday Life Information Seeking of International Students in Taiwan

Authors

  • Bobie Hartanto Marketing Communication Department, Bina Nusantara University, Jl. K. H. Syahdan No. 9, Kemanggisan, Palmerah, Jakarta 11480 Indonesia
  • Zunvindri Zunvindri Marketing Communication Student, Bina Nusantara University, Jl. K. H. Syahdan No. 9, Kemanggisan, Palmerah, Jakarta 11480 Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21009/communicology.041.02

Abstract

The increasing number of international student enrolled all around the world that leads to the needs of information problem. Different background, social demography, and general information affect the needs of information of international students. The genre of information to be search on the internet and the use of internet in seeking everyday life information take attention of researcher. The research intended to find interrelation between Social demography and general information toward genre of information chosen. This research questions were answered by conducting survey using questionnaire. Online questionnaire is chosen as the method to collect information from international students who are studying in Taiwan. This study finding released that Internet had been used as a primary medium for seeking information and most of the International students are having tendency to search information related to entertainment compare to other genre of everyday life information. In fact, personal interest information which is having important value got a low interest.
Keywords: Everyday life information, Social demography, International Students.

 

 

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

Hartanto, B., & Zunvindri, Z. (2016). Everyday Life Information Seeking of International Students in Taiwan. Communicology: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, 4(1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.21009/communicology.041.02

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016): Communicology: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, Volume 4 No 1 Desember 2016

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