La hiperconexión y la resignación digital entre el estudiantado de enseñanza superior

Belén Casas-Mas; Louis Pierre Philippe Homont

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n38a2056

Authors

Belén Casas-Mas University Complutense of Madrid, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8329-0856
Louis Pierre Philippe Homont University Complutense of Madrid, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-6407

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n38a2056

Keywords:

University students, hyperconnectivity, digital resignation, interpersonal relationships, ICT dysfunction

Abstract

Over the past decades, ICTs have permeated every facet of society, with a particularly pronounced impact on higher education students. This study delves into the Internet-mediated interpersonal relationships of students at the University Complutense of Madrid, the representation of habits and the use of ICTs. By means of an online survey, data were collected from a total sample of 2,893 participants spanning various disciplines, ages, and academic programs. The findings reveal gender and age-based disparities in preferences for digitally mediated relationships, as well as dysfunctional patterns associated with digital usage that manifest differently across age groups. Students predominantly express a penchant for being consistently connected to the internet or doing so only, when necessary, with a minority indicating a lack of enjoyment in digital connectivity. This study has allowed the identification of a digital landscape characterized by hyperconnectivity and digital resignation, the latter emerging as a noteworthy trend in the daily lives of university students as it may be linked to dysfunctions arising from ICT use.

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Author Biographies

Belén Casas-Mas, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

European PhD and Master’s in Social Communication from the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). Extraordinary PhD Award in 2017. Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM), where she has been teaching since 2013. Director of Mediaciones Sociales, Revista de ciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación since 2018. Member of the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) research groups Data Science and Soft Computing for Social Analytics and Decision Aid (DISCUSS) and Social Identities and Communication. Reviewer for various scientific journals such as Labor Studies Journal, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS), Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información, Política y Sociedad. She is the author of articles published in scientific journals (JCR and SCOPUS). Her main lines of research are Political Communication and Participation, Social Network Analysis, Virtualization of Communication, Social Identities and Social Conflict. Currently, she is researching in the field of communication on social networks, specializing in the polarization of political and social debates and the analysis of hate speech.
Louis Pierre Philippe Homont, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology: Methodology and Theory at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). He serves as the secretary of Mediaciones Sociales, Revista de ciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación and is a member of the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) Research Group "Social Identities and Communication". Currently, he is a PhD candidate in the Audiovisual Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations program at the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM), working on his dissertation on communication in the public sector and digital citizen participation. His main research areas include political communication, public sector communication, the management of intangible assets in the public sector, and digital communication. Among his recent research projects are studies on populism and national populism as strategies in political communication, the use of digital media to engage citizens in collective affairs management, and the effects of such media on university students. Currently, he continues to focus on populism, the digital co-production of public services, and the digitisation of social relationships.

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