Website development to promote the utilization of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan
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Naja, South Esan, Website development, Information sources, CultureAbstract
The objective of the research was to develop the website to promote the utilization of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan. The samples were 400 users of the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan website, selected through the purposive sampling technique. The questionnaires were used to collect data and the data were analyzed by employing percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistical hypothesis testing was used to compare the means of two samples (independent t-test), one-way analysis of variance (F-test). The significance level of 0.05 is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The research findings were summarized as follows: (1) Mostly, the website users occasionally access the cultural information sources of Naja (31.75 %). They have the visiting experience of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan at 1-5 times (41.75%). The website users retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites (100.00%), televisions (96.50%) and newspapers (77.75%) respectively. For the heritage sites and other places, the website users have visited to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan were the temples (100.00%) and historical sites (96.50%) respectively. They have experienced to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites of temples (98.75%) and historical sites (90.00%) respectively. In addition, the website users also received the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan through websites from monks (98.75%) and scholars and specialists (79.00) respectively; (2) The satisfaction of website users towards the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall (The objective of the research was to develop the website to promote the utilization of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan. The samples were 400 users of the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan website, selected through the purposive sampling technique. The questionnaires were used to collect data and the data were analyzed by employing percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistical hypothesis testing was used to compare the means of two samples (independent t-test), one-way analysis of variance (F-test). The significance level of 0.05 is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The research findings were summarized as follows: (1) Mostly, the website users occasionally access the cultural information sources of Naja (31.75 %). They have the visiting experience of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan at 1-5 times (41.75%). The website users retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites (100.00%), televisions (96.50%) and newspapers (77.75%) respectively. For the heritage sites and other places, the website users have visited to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan were the temples (100.00%) and historical sites (96.50%) respectively. They have experienced to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites of temples (98.75%) and historical sites (90.00%) respectively. In addition, the website users also received the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan through websites from monks (98.75%) and scholars and specialists (79.00) respectively; (2) The satisfaction of website users towards the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall (=3.88) and each parts at high level including the website design (=3.88) and the content of the website (=3.87) respectively. In comparing of satisfaction of the website users towards the website of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall and each part, the result differs significantly at 0.05 level among website users who belongs to different gender groups and places of residences. There is no significant difference between the website users with respective to genders, educational level and work status. (The objective of the research was to develop the website to promote the utilization of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan. The samples were 400 users of the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan website, selected through the purposive sampling technique. The questionnaires were used to collect data and the data were analyzed by employing percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistical hypothesis testing was used to compare the means of two samples (independent t-test), one-way analysis of variance (F-test). The significance level of 0.05 is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The research findings were summarized as follows: (1) Mostly, the website users occasionally access the cultural information sources of Naja (31.75 %). They have the visiting experience of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan at 1-5 times (41.75%). The website users retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites (100.00%), televisions (96.50%) and newspapers (77.75%) respectively. For the heritage sites and other places, the website users have visited to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan were the temples (100.00%) and historical sites (96.50%) respectively. They have experienced to retrieve the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan from websites of temples (98.75%) and historical sites (90.00%) respectively. In addition, the website users also received the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan through websites from monks (98.75%) and scholars and specialists (79.00) respectively; (2) The satisfaction of website users towards the cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall (=3.88) and each parts at high level including the website design (
=3.88) and the content of the website (
=3.87) respectively. In comparing of satisfaction of the website users towards the website of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall and each part, the result differs significantly at 0.05 level among website users who belongs to different gender groups and places of residences. There is no significant difference between the website users with respective to genders, educational level and work status. (
=3.88) and each parts at high level including the website design (
=3.88) and the content of the website (
=3.87) respectively. In comparing of satisfaction of the website users towards the website of cultural information sources of Naja in South Esan overall and each part, the result differs significantly at 0.05 level among website users who belongs to different gender groups and places of residences. There is no significant difference between the website users with respective to genders, educational level and work status.
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