The transmission of social values through the Internet abstract

Renés-Arellano P.; Alvites-Huamaní C.G.; Caldeiro-Pedreira M.-C. · Aula Abierta (2020) · DOI: 10.17811/rifie.49.2.2020.113-120

Resumen

The presence of the Internet and the need to understand how its use affects the acquisition of social values in the university context, have promoted the conduct of this research. The general objective is to analyze the relationships between the presence of social values and the use of the Internet by university students. The descriptive study presents a non-experimental design, with a sample of 305 students from three Spanish universities and one Chilean, Chilean, attached to the faculties of education and human and social sciences. The results have contrasted the general hypothesis related to the fact that the presence of social values is given for communicative purposes in university students, (p = 0.011). Also, the specific hypotheses have been contrasted. In the first (H1), the presence of social values is It is significantly related to the relevance dimension of Internet use (p = 0.037 <0.05). In the second (H2), the presence of social values is significantly related to the years of Internet use in students (p = 0.001 <0.05). In the third (H3), the use of the Internet in hours per week is related to the fact that the Internet transmits values (p = 0.048 <0.05). And in the fourth (H4), the purpose dimension of Internet use to obtain information, communicate and entertain students is related to the fact that the Internet transmits social values (p = 0.03 <0.05).