Table 4.1 Questionnaire Distribution
Date Time
Location Total number
students of the class
Total participants
March 6, 2009 09.00-09.30
Class XI IA 1 35
35 March 6, 2009
09.30-10.00 Class XI IA 4
33 33
a. The Result of Closed Questions
Below are the results of the questionnaire analysis closed questions that were discussed per part. There were four responses to be chosen in the
questionnaire: 1. strongly disagree SD, 2. Disagree D, 3. Agree A, 4. Strongly SA agree.
1 The Students’ Background Knowledge about Yahoo Messenger
This part consists of two items. The purpose of this part is to find out the Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School students’ background knowledge
about Yahoo Messenger. The following is the table that shows the percentage result of the part A of the questionnaire.
Table 4.2 Questionnaire Result of Part A
SD D
A SA
No. Statement
Percentage 1.
Saya tahu apa itu Yahoo Messenger.
I know what Yahoo Messenger is.
60,29 38,235
2. Saya sangat sering mengakses
Yahoo Messsenger. I often
access Yahoo Messenger. 2,94
16,176 64,705
14,705
All of the respondents knew what Yahoo Messenger is. It was proved by the data gathered from the questionnaires, as shown in table 4.2. Out of sixty eight
participants, more than half of the participants 60,29 did agree that they knew what Yahoo Messenger is, while the rest of the participants 38,235 strongly
agreed. All of the participants knew what Yahoo Messenger is because it is a very popular program in this internet era. In every internet café, Yahoo Messenger is a
program that must be installed. Most of the students have ever accessed the internet so they are familiar with Yahoo Messenger.
Most participants agreed that they often access Yahoo Messenger. It was proved by the data gathered from the questionnaires, as shown in table 4.2. Out of
sixty eight participants, forty three participants or 64,705 did agree and ten participants or 14,705 strongly agreed that they often access Yahoo Messenger.
Eleven participants or 16,176 did disagree and four participants or 2,94 strongly disagreed that they often access Yahoo Messenger. Most of the students
were often accessing Yahoo Messenger because the program is free. The other reason is that it is easy to be used. As it has been stated in chapter II, Yahoo
Messenger is a popular advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo One more reason why Yahoo Messenger
so popular is that it is provided free of charge and can be downloaded. The students always love free and cool stuff like this.
2 The Students’ Perception on Yahoo Messenger
This part consists of two items. The purpose of this part is to find out the students’ perception on Yahoo Messenger. The following is the table that shows
the percentage result of the part B of the questionnaire.
