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Impact of ICT on some segments of everyday life of high school population of the City of Zagreb

Virtual mobility is defined as mobility within the virtual world which is accomplished by use of information and communication technology (ICT) in order to access certain activities without physical access that traditionally required physical access. Nowadays, young people are group of society that is most often engaged in virtual mobility and takes advantages of various opportunities that ICT provides. The paper shows that the greatest influence of ICT on the lives of high school students has on the social interactions and school activities. The aim of this paper was to investigate the impact of ICT on social interactions and school activities of high school population of the City of Zagreb. The research was conducted and analyzed using quantitative, as well as qualitative methods. The data was collected by conducting a survey on 826 high school students of the City of Zagreb. In order to make detail research of specific problems of high school population, high school students of the City of Zagreb were detiaily interviewed through eight focus groups. Thus, the results obtained from the survey were further substantiated by claims from the focus groups. The results showed significant correlation between the use of ICT and academic achievements of students. In addition, students were deeply aware of the negative impact of the internet and mobile phones usage on their school activities. Also, results showed that ICT helped in communicating with friends, but without the effect on the number of friends.

ICT ; virtual mobility ; high school population ; City of Zagreb

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