Pattern of Internet Usage among Youth in Malaysia

The emergence of internet has transformed the way we communicate. Since its introduction into our daily lives we have become collective individuals, whose, lives inter twined and overlap. Slowly it is becoming the medium for people to interact, mainly due to th e social media. The more we are hooked to it the more we need to depend on it. Youth usage of internet has been increasing by leaps and bounds, meaning, they are becoming more dependent of the information super highway. The aim of this study was to investi gate that what is the pattern and main purpose of using internet youth of Malaysia. The study was conducted in Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication Universiti Putra Malaysia where 175 respondents participated in this study the study indicated that 81.1% of the respondents’ main purpose of use internet was for entertainment, 74.3% of the respondents’ main purpose of use internet was getting the information about education while 34.9% of the respondents using internet for research. However, 24.8% of the respondents often visit the Facebook and 48% of the respondents use other websites on internet. This study showed that majority of the student use internet for just entertainment and some of them use Facebook frequently to connect with their family and friends.