The Importance of the Internet in the Life of Students of Media Studies

• Authors: Hubináková Henrieta , Mikula Matej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Nowadays in the information period, the Internet has an important place in the lives of people, especially in the lives of young people. Its functionality is varied and offers many benefits. An important research question is to find out how and for what purpose the students of media studies use the Internet and what is their motivation. The aims of this study are to explain the motivational factors related to the use of Internet services, to find out what services the students consider important and which they use in the process of learning and other activities in the academic environment. The research sample was composed of 98 students of the first, second and third year of bachelor study at the Faculty of Mass communication at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. The data were gathered from December 2016 to January 2017, using our own questionnaire and a range of motivation from the questionnaire called HO-PO-MO. Results: We found that students use the Internet primarily for entertainment and the Internet has a rather partial status in the process of their work in the academic environment.

Keywords

EN

The Internet; Student; Education; Information; Social Networks; Entertainment

• Publisher: Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda
• Journal: Media Literacy and Academic Research
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31-42

Contributors

author

Hubináková Henrieta

• Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda

author

Mikula Matej

• Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda

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