CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNET ON CONTEMPORARY ADOLESCENTS
Journal Title: Духовність особистості: методологія, теорія і практика - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 89
Abstract
The article substantiates that globalization and Internet penetration that are taking place globally have specific cultural influences on modern adolescents. An empirical study with 340 adolescents from Bulgaria was carried out, which aimed to analyse cultural influences of globalization and the Internet on adolescents in the direction of: the attitude of adolescents towards the processes of globalization; the main concepts of adolescents for success in modern society and ways to achieve that success; Expression on the Internet and most commonly used Internet services; the role of school and the Internet as factors for building self- esteem during adolescence. The adolescents surveyed are aged between 13 and 17 and are trained in general education and vocational schools. Empirical data obtained has shown that adolescents associate the achievement of a success in modern society, both with the accumulation of professional competences and good general culture, as well as with the development of personal qualities such as perseverance, hard work, intelligence and ambition. According to the findings, the Internet and school environments are important factors in building self-esteem in adolescence. Adolescents use the Internet primarily as a means of communicating and as a source of entertainment. The obtained empirical data reveal that globalization and the Internet are perceived by adolescents mostly as positive phenomena in modern society. The data is informative with regards to the fact that in adolescence a positive attitude towards one's own personality is built through performance in both real and virtual environment.
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Gergana Vasileva Slavcheva-Andonova
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