Youth, values and use of technology in leisure time

Authors

  • Ángel Luis González Olivares Universidad de Castilla La Mancha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0443-5127
  • Javier Páez Gallego Universidad de Castilla La Mancha
  • Angel De Juanas Oliva Universidad de Castilla La Mancha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497729664

Keywords:

Values. Information technology. Leisure.

Abstract

The patterns of use of communication technologies and information in the leisure time of young people are related to their value system. The present work analyzes the relationship between both variables. There have been 385 young people aged between 13 and 19. All of them responded by their preference of using new technologies and their axiological scale. It concludes the significant relationship between the values of young people and the use of technology in leisure time; Thus concluding differences between both variables as a function of the variable sex in the case of video games. Educational complications are discussed and lines of continuity are indicated in our study.

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Author Biography

Ángel Luis González Olivares, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha

Profesor Asociado. Departamento de Pedagogía. Facultad de Educación de Ciudad Real. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha.

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Published

2017-12-19

How to Cite

González Olivares, Ángel L., Gallego, J. P., & Oliva, A. D. J. (2017). Youth, values and use of technology in leisure time. Animus.Inter-American Journal of Media Communication, 16(32). https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497729664

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 32 (2017)

Section

Sociabilization, communication and technological values in the new social context

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