Characterization of the profile of high school students in internet access and use from the ICT

Abstract

In the last decade, Internet studies of access and use in adolescents have proliferated. Most of these investigations describe and analyze in a useful way the habits of consumption and preferences of use. The purpose of this article is to analyze and evaluate the validity and reliability of a hypothetical theoretical model proposed for the Internet study of access and use in high school students. The study is derived from a larger research project conducted in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico at Public High School. The sample is made up of 225 at publics schools students. The exploratory factor analysis suggested the existence of two or more factors that influence the access and use of the Internet for the characterization of the profile of the students. The results were consistent with the theory by stating that young people mostly prefer online socialization processes as part of Internet access and use.