THE STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS OF A PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The relevance of the presented research is due to the fact that the latest technologies, namely the media resources of the Internet, have an increasing influence on the younger generation these days. Under the influence of the modern Internet, the structure of the communication process will change significantly, a new type of culture is being formed—cyberculture. This fact, in turn, contributes to the process of digitizing the real world of modern man. The real reality for him becomes a virtual one, which is largely divorced from ordinary real human life. A large number of dangers lie in wait for modern young people on the Internet. The process of personality virtualization is ambiguous and fraught with a significant number of threats. The article examines the problems of Internet addiction, including its most common form of cybercommunication addiction, which is formed as a result of excessive communication on social networks, analyzes the structure of the virtual identity of users of social networks. The authors present the results of a study of the level of Internet and cybercommunication dependence of modern students and characterize the factors influencing the formation of virtual identity. Based on the results of the study, we have developed a program aimed at preventing students from developing Internet-dependent behavior (cybercommunication addiction), and in the case of existing Internet addiction, reducing its level.