出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：This study investigated the use of e-mail and other means of electronic communication by undergraduates at a northeastern university and whether gender and student year of study impact the use of various electronic communication means. It was found that 94% of the students check their university e-mail account at least once a day with the major use of university e-mail to communicate with instructors and keep up with the notices from the school. 79% of the students have other e-mail accounts, but they do not use the other e-mail accounts as frequently as the university e-mail. In addition to e-mail, many students use other electronic communication means on a daily basis. E-mail is considered by 17% of the students as their favorite means of electronic communication, while 29% favor the cell phone and 25% favor instant messaging. It was also found that gender impacts the use of text messaging and student year of study impacts the use of instant messaging and facebook.com. In general, this study did not find that undergraduates have abandoned e-mail as reported in some periodicals.
关键词：Undergraduate e-mail use; electronic;communication by undergraduates
