The role of information and communication technology in students' reading habits

Tema, a ujedno i cilj ovog diplomskog rada je istražiti kakvu ulogu informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija ima u čitalačkim navikama i njihovoj primjeni. Također, cilj je i ispitati razlike koje su studenti uočili kod čitanja s ekrana i čitanja s papira tijekom višegodišnjeg školovanja i učenja s različitih medijskih podloga, te njihove preferencije. Anketni upitnik ispunilo je 107 studenata Sveučilišta u Zadru. Istraživanje je pokazalo da studenti s ekrana najčešće čitaju vijesti i novosti, a dio studenata s ekrana čita i popularne časopie. Većina studenata smatra da digitalna tehnologija omogućuje jednostavan i brz pristup važnim informacijama i stručnoj literaturi. Za letimično čitanje pri biranju literature većinom koriste ekrane. Dulji tekst preferiraju čitati s papira i takvo čitanje im je ugodnije nego čitanje s ekrana, te smatraju da na taj način čitaju pozornije i bolje razumiju pročitano. Čitanje s ekrana ih umara i nedostaje im fizički doživljaj čitanja. Studenti većinom nisu sigurni stječe li se navika površnog čitanja uslijed čitanja s ekrana. U slobodno vrijeme najviše čitaju s papira. E-knjige čita svaki drugi anketirani student, većinom u pdf formatu, s računala i mobitela. U prosjeku, studenti smatraju kako digitalne tehnologije ne ugrožavaju uspjeh na studiju, ali među studentima humanističkih studija dio ispitanika ipak smatra kako tehnologije ugrožavaju njihov akademski uspjeh.The topic, and also the goal of this thesis is to explore the role of information and communication technology in reading habits and its application. Also, the aim is to examine the differences that students noticed when reading from the screen and reading from paper during many years of schooling and learning from different media, and their preferences. The survey questionnaire was completed by 107 students from the University of Zadar. The research showed that students most often read daily news from the screen, and some students also read popular magazines from the screen. Most students find that digital technology provides easy and quick access to important information and study literature. They mostly use screens for a skimming when choosing literature. They prefer to read longer text on paper and such reading is more pleasant for them than reading on the screen, and they find that in this way they read more carefully and understand what they have read better. Reading from the screen tires them out and they lack the physical experience of reading. Students are mostly unsure whether the habit of superficial reading is acquired due to screen reading. In their free time, they mostly read from paper. E-books are read by every other student surveyed, mostly in pdf format, from computers and mobile phones. On average, students believe that digital technologies do not jeopardize academic success, but among humanities students, some respondents still believe that technologies jeopardize their academic success