Addiction to the Internet and Online Communication among Students of Teacher Training Courses of Different Specializations

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Addiction to the Internet and Online Communication among Students of Teacher Training Courses of Different Specializations

Original language description

This paper describes the results of a research study that examined the degree of addiction to the internet and online communication tools among the students of teacher training courses. The research method was the translated version of the international standardized CIAS scale designed for the assessment of internet addiction. To examine the length of students’ online activities and other characteristics a questionnaire designed by the authors was used. The research sample consisted of 226 students of teacher training courses of various specializations. Internet addiction was observed in 3.1% of all the students. A higher degree of internet addiction was observed among men (score 44) compared with women (score 40) and in younger students up to 30 years of age (score 42) compared with older students over 30 years of age (score 37). The difference was statistically significant in both cases (p=0.05; p=0.003). At the same time, students of different specializations showed a similar degree of addiction to the internet. A significant difference was observed in the length of online activities depending on the students’ gender only in the length of daily mobile communication (calls, text, chat), where women spent 126 minutes a day compared with 70 minutes for men. In terms of the length of online activities by age, a significant difference was observed in the length of social networking, mobile communication (calls, text, chat) and internet use for purposes other than school requirements. The students up to 30 years of age spent statistically significantly more time on these activities than the students over 30 years of age.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ICERI2020 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-24232-0

ISSN

2340-1095

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

5863-5869

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Seville

Event date

Nov 9, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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