A Study of Blog User Behavior of High School Students- A Case Study on National Ilan Commercial Vocational High School

• Main Author: 鄭勝雄
• Other Authors: 陳昭珍
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wptmky

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 圖書資訊學研究所 === 96 === The purpose of this research was to explore the behavior of the blog users of high school students. The main goals include: first, to understand the behavior of the users of the high school students when using blog; second, to analyze how factors like gender, grade level, department, and academic achievement influence the behavior of students in using blog; third, to propose suggestions based on the research. In order to obtain the above goals, this research adopted the techniques of the literature review and questionnaire survey. The questionnaire survey applied a self-arranged behavioral survey table to explain the behavior of the blog users of high school students. The target population of the survey was the high school students from the first grade to the third grade of National Ilan Commercial Vocational High School in I-lan. There were 1,764 copies of questionnaire collected, and 1,529 as valid. The data were analyzed by using the statistics of frequency distribution and Chi-square test. The major findings were: the majority of blog users were the female students, the third grade students, the students of the Department of Data Processing, and the students of medium grade level. The average experience of using internet of the students was 5.8 years, the average duration of internet access of the students was 2.24 hours daily, the average duration of blog access of the students was 1.13 hours daily, it’s nearly 1/2 times that of those on internet ones. Seventy percent of the students had had the experience of using the blog, among the experienced users; nearly seventy-five percent of them had built personal blog. Most of the students linked the blog by using the web browser’s “My Favorites” or “Bookmarker.” The subjects of the blog were dispersive and multiple, most of them were focused on “Campus Living.” The blog the students browsed through most frequently was the blog which belonged to their acquainted friends. The primary reason for the students to use blog was the expression of emotion, and the primary mode to use blog was browsing. The main function the students used most frequently was the revision of the layout. Forty-three percent of the students considered the influence of blog to be moderate; meanwhile, they also considered that blog could bring positive influence on the interaction and relationship with others. The frequency of using blog is obviously low; there were nearly seventy-five percent of the students, the times they used blog were less than six times a week. The reason of applying blog was different because of the diverse backgrounds of the students; however, the frequency was quite similar. The backgrounds differentiated the applying of blog were the following in order: gender, department, academic achievement, and grade level. Gender differences were the main factor which caused the different reasons of applying blog. There was no obvious difference between different grade levels of the students in the behavior of applying blog. Finally, based on the results, this research presented three suggestions for the further study: (1) Users should take the advantage of the function of “recommend websites (with the feedback mechanism)” to construct high quality blog content. (2) Teachers and students can apply blog in various areas. (3) Future researchers can take notice of the subject of this study and expand the object of the research to other educational levels.