The impact of digitalization on the leisure time of today’s youth
The impact of digitalization on the leisure time of today’s youth

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of research on the impact of digitalization on the leisure of modern youth. The factors in the transformation of leisure activities, the role of leisure practices in the lives of modern Russian youth are revealed. Our conclusions are based on data from the studies independently conducted by the authors from 2003 to 2020. About 2,000 respondents were survived annually. Quantitative survey data were supplemented by the results of interviews with experts, the youth of the small and medium-sized cities of Chelyabinsk Region, frame analysis of case studies and the content analysis of the social networking accounts of young people, secondary analysis and document analysis. The analysis established common practices of youth leisure, identified the impact of digitalization on the changing shape of the leisure activities and identified the destructive effects of the Internet on the leisure of today's youth of the South Urals.

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