The relationship between media consumption patterns and internet non-engagement among students (in the context of distance learning)
- Authors: Popelchuk G.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Kherson State Pedagogical University
- Issue: Vol 16, No 5 (2025)
- Pages: 420-434
- Section: Psychological Studies
- Published: 31.10.2025
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2658-4034/article/view/363613
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.12731/2658-4034-2025-16-5-942
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/VAIOZC
- ID: 363613
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Abstract
Background. Ongoing transformations in modern education have sparked increased scientific interest in how information technologies influence participants in the educational process. The transformations of modern education stimulate, in particular, the growth of scientific interest in the problems of the influence of information technology on participants in the educational process. The author argues that this impact requires special attention in connection with the introduction blended learning formats. Special attention should be paid to identifying the features of media consumption and limited Internet engagement among students in new regions of the Russian Federation.
Purpose. This study aims to explore the relationship between patterns of media consumption and indicators of non-engagement with the internet among middle-aged students engaged in distance learning.
Materials and methods. The study involved 235 students aged 26-46 years studying at the Kherson State Pedagogical University. To achieve the research goal, a diagnostic survey was conducted out using the following methods: «Individual style of media consumption» (Yu.N. Dolgov, A.S. Kopovoy, G.N. Malyuchenko, V.N. Smirnov, 2008), «Disembodyness on the Internet» (N.V. Kopteva et al., 2023). The statistical processing of the obtained results was carried out using the Pearson r linear correlation method.
Results. The findings indicate that people of middle adulthood have mainly developed the skills of optimal, correct media consumption at a sufficient and high level. Among the subjects, the average degree of severity of disembodiment prevails as virtualization and preference for technologically mediated interactions. It has been established that people with pronounced disembodyness on the Internet have a tendency to over-engage in media consumption, a decrease in volitional control of media consumption and the effectiveness of information search on the Web.
About the authors
Galina A. Popelchuk
Kherson State Pedagogical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: halynadidenkopsy@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0763-1855
SPIN-code: 2840-5483
Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Psychology and Personality Development
Russian Federation, 27, Universitetskaya Str., Kherson, 273003, Russian Federation
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