The Internet and social networks as a way of spending leisure time in secondary schools

This thesis deals with the problem of spending free time by students at the second grade of primary schools. Its aim is to find out whether the Internet and social networks have a major impact on leisure time of these pupils and whether these pupils are aware of the risks associated with the use of the Internet. The first part is divided into chapters that seek to clarify the area of leisure time, its functions, determinants and factors affecting the form of leisure time activities. At the same time, there is a summary of the sphere of media, the Internet and social networks that significantly affect people's lives. The second part is devoted to the questionnaire survey carried out among pupils at the 8th and 9th grade at primary school in Lhenice and 3rd and 4th grade students at grammar school Jírovcova in Ceske Budejovice. The research results are presented in tables and graphs. The appendix contains additional pictures that add the text of theoretical part of the thesis as well as a model questionnaire submitted to the respondents