RT Journal Article
T1 Digital Media Behavior of School Students: Abusive Use of the Internet
A1 García Umaña, Andrés
A1 Tirado Morueta, Ramón
AB The increase in the use of information technologies encompassesall educational and social issues, even changing intergenerationalskills. It is considered that the most conditioned to this effect areadolescents and young people. This research is a literary reviewof various studies on addiction and Internet abuse and presentsrelevant results of the situation of college students and their level ofInternet use. The study was developed in seven educational unitsof Ecuador, with a sample of n = 773 students (53.6% men and46.4% women). An instrument with sufficient validation guarantees(α.94) has been applied, verified by means of a factorial analysis ofmain components, which determined two study factors in the use ofthe Internet and loss of control and interference with life. Through astatistical treatment (Pearson) a good correlation was established(,62) between the two study dimensions, which is a concern in theeducational field.
PB Universidad de Alicante. UA-EDUTIC
SN 2254-7339
YR 2018
FD 2018-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16165
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16165
LA eng
NO García-Umaña, A., & Tirado-Morueta, R.  Digital Media Behavior of School Students: Abusive Use of the Internet. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 7(2), 140–147. (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2018.7.284
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026