Digital Media Behavior of School Students: Abusive Use of the Internet

Abstract

The increase in the use of information technologies encompasses all educational and social issues, even changing intergenerational skills. It is considered that the most conditioned to this effect are adolescents and young people. This research is a literary review of various studies on addiction and Internet abuse and presents relevant results of the situation of college students and their level of Internet use. The study was developed in seven educational units of Ecuador, with a sample of n = 773 students (53.6% men and 46.4% women). An instrument with sufficient validation guarantees (α.94) has been applied, verified by means of a factorial analysis of main components, which determined two study factors in the use of the Internet and loss of control and interference with life. Through a statistical treatment (Pearson) a good correlation was established (,62) between the two study dimensions, which is a concern in the educational field.

Determinación del uso problemático de las redes sociales por estudiantes universitarios

“…Their use allows us to be in contact with other Internet users, promoting a continuous exchange of information of diverse types and impact. This is why one of the elements that most characterizes social networks, and perhaps the reason why they have so many followers, is that their users can create a customized profile about themselves, which can be shared with other Internet users (Roig, Mengual and Rodríguez, 2013;Dans and Muñoz, 2016), besides creating new ways of communicating, relating and exchanging information, propitiating spaces of socialization, of sharing experiences and feelings (Osorio, Molero, Pérez and Mercader, 2014;García-Umaña and Tirado-Morueta, 2018;Rodríguez, Prats, Oberst and Carbonell, 2018).…”

Influence of Smartphone Use on Emotional, Cognitive and Educational Dimensions in University Students

“…Recent studies [58][59][60] have analyzed the factors that motivate young people to use mobile devices and their problematic use of these. García-Umaña [61] studied a sample of 313 university students who responded to an online questionnaire based on a scale composed of three dimensions of gratification: (1) access to information and communication; (2) avoidance, and (3) social status.…”

Uso problemático de internet en adolescentes españoles y su relación con autoestima e impulsividad

“…En condiciones extremas, semejantes usos desadaptativos en jóvenes pueden derivar en manifestaciones del síndrome de aislamiento social juvenil, a modo de trastorno caracterizado por un comportamiento asocial y evitativo, con rechazo de cualquier tipo de comunicación y focalización de su vida en torno al uso de internet y de las nuevas tecnologías (Calle & Muñoz, 2018). En todo caso, abundan los estudios sobre los usos problemáticos de internet tanto con jóvenes europeos (Azevedo, Cadime, García del Castillo, García & García del castillo, 2018;Durkee et al, 2012;Frangos & Sotiropoulos, 2011;García, del Olmo & del Hoyo, 2018;Marín, Sampedro & Vega, 2017) como asiáticos (Dong, Wang, Yang & Zhou, 2013;Lee, Lee, Gyeong, Yu, Song & Kim, 2013;Lu & Jiar Yeo, 2015) y latinoamericanos (Bernardo et al, 2016;Bringué & Sádaba, 2008;García-Umaña & Tirado, 2018;Lam-Figueroa et al, 2011;Parra et al, 2016;Puerta-Cortés & Carbonell, 2013, entre otros.…”