Naslov
READING HABITS AND DIGITAL MEDIA USE AMONG CROATIAN STUDENTS AND ITS RELATION TO LONELINESS AND PREFFERED SOLITUDE

Autori
Kotrla Topić, Marina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Movements, European Realites, New Developing Trends

Urednik/ci
Đukić, Marina

Izdavač
Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku

Grad
Osijek

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
229-240

ISBN
978-953-8181-28-3

Ključne riječi
digital media, loneliness, reading habits, preferred solitude

Sažetak
It is hard to imagine contemporary life without digital technology. Digital media are present in almost all aspects of life of all generations, particularly in lives of students. We lack research on how student life is changing in relation to the use of digital media, and how students adapt to these changes, especially in terms of reading and studying, since today they can choose media to read and study – be it paper or screen.The aim of this paper is to describe habit of using digital media (computers, tablets, smartphones and television) during working week and during weekend, as well as reading and studying habits in the context of digital media use and traditional media use. We are further interested in relations of these habits to loneliness, namely we want to explore whether those students who frequently use digital media or those who read more are more socially isolated.The research was conducted on 132 participants, students from J. J. Strossmayer University (83 female and 49 male participants with the average age of 21 years) who agreed to fill out a questionnaire prepared specifically for this study. The question-naire consisted of question regarding socio-demographic data, question regarding habits of digital media use, as well as questions regarding preferences of digital or paper media for leisure and study reading. It also contained a short form of UCLA Loneliness scale (Lacković-Grgin, Penezić, and Nekić, 2002) and a scale of preferred solitude (Lacković-Grgin and Nekić, 2002).Results show that students mostly prefer reading from paper, during both leisure and study reading. Correlational analyses show a significant negative relation between reading and television watching during weekend. Furthermore, there is a significant positive correlation between reading and preferred solitude. In other words, students who read more watch less television during weekends and prefer solitude more than those who read less. Also, there is a significant negative correlation between the use of smartphones during week and weekends with loneliness.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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