University students and ple

Are Italian University students on their way to developing their PLEs?

A research... ๏ about the “digital diet” of university students ๏ on a sample of 1088 (2008) and 1123 (2009) students (total students: ~21000) ๏ involving qualitative and quantitative techniques

Offline How many books 50,0 48,6 44,6 do they read? 37,5 25,0 26,7 20,9 13,5 11,7 12,5 15,5 15,6 None 0 Less than 5 Less than 10 More than 10 2008 2009

Source: ISTAT 86,9% of them 86,9% 90,0 read at least 1 book in 2009 67,5 65,2 66,3 61,0 52,45% 45,0 43,5 39,2 39,5 45,1% 22,5 compared to the national data 0 18-19 20-24 25-34 Average 18-34 Female Male Average on total population

Offline 2,6 How much television 4,4 3,5 13,7 do they watch? 10,6 never less than 1 h 1 to 5 hs 5 to 10 hs 21,3 10 to 15 hs 15 to 20 hs 43,4 more than 20 hs (hours per week, average 2008-2009)

Offline “I don’t watch television: I’m How much television 2,6 completely digital” 4,4 3,5 13,7 do they watch? 10,6 “I only watch movies and series on streaming” never less than 1 h 1 to 5 hs 5 to 10 hs 21,3 “I watch what I want, whenever I want” 10 to 15 hs 15 to 20 hs 43,4 more than 20 hs (hours per week, average 2008-2009)

Online 1,0 Time spent online, per week 0,75,9 doesn’t know 25,1 never 23,7 less than 1 h 1 to 5 hs 5 to 10 hs 10,8 10 to 15 hs 15 to 20 hs 13,8 19,2 more than 20 hs (Average of 2008 and 2009)

Online 30,2 less than 1 h per day more than 1 h per day 68,8 (Average of 2008 and 2009)

Online “I can do without internet!!” “I’m not web-addicted!!!” 30,2 less than 1 h per day more than 1 h per day “I mostly live online” 68,8 “Whatever I am doing, I’m always connected” (Average of 2008 and 2009)

Where? 97 home 71,5 1,6 university 12,3 family & friends 0,7 6,9 wi-fi network was improved 0,3 public places 3,2 0,5 other 6,1 0 25 50 75 100 % 2008 2009 They mainly use a computer at home...

What they know... 60 60 54,9 51,6 45 40,2 45 38,3 38,0 34,8 32,8 30 28,1 30 I often use it 17,2 I seldom use it 15 I know it, but I don’t use it 15 13,4 10,4 NO 7,9 4,4 3,7 2,6 2,1 0 0 2008 2009 2008 2009

...and what they don’t 90 80 77,6 77,3 82,4 68 72,8 60 45 40 23 17,0 20 11,5 8,0 10,7 1,3 0,7 1,8 0,5 2,8 1,2 2,6 0,7 0 0 2008 2009 2008 2009 mmpf... So sad... yes, but I don’t use it yes, I seldom use it I often use it NO

3 groups in 2008 Production of new contents Inter@ctivate d 30,1% Neo - Analogical 22,4% ss Digital Ma 47,5% Degree of utilisation of digital media

3 groups in 2009 Production of new contents Inter@ctivated 36,8% Neo-Analogical 31,6% Di gital Mass 31,6% Degree of utilisation of digital media

59,4 Facebook 60 50,4 45 26,0 30 23,0 15 8,2 10,2 2,2 7,9 no 0 yes, but I don’t use it I seldom use it I often use it 2008 2009 Clearly, it was the year of the boom...

What’s next? (in your country?)

What tools should we focus on?

Thank you! Observatory on New Media University of Milan Bicocca - Italy

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University students and ple

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