A relação lazer e mídia entre adolescentes e jovens de escolas públicas em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

Forms of entertainment of young people have changed with new technologies. Teenagers and young people use the media for various purposes, including for leisure. The purpose of this study is to discuss the relation between leisure and media, emphasizing the use of the Internet among teenagers and young people from public schools of Fortaleza. This is a quantitative study with self-administered questionnaire containing 77 items, such as family, education, work, leisure, health and media, with participation of 1,140 individuals of both sexes aged between 14 and 24 years old, all of them students from 43 public schools of Fortaleza, in 2010 and 2011. It was used the SPSS software for data analysis, which is specialized in statistical research in Social Sciences. Data are discussed on the basis of gender (male and female) and age (under age and major). The television was predominant in all segments. However, men and women still have different ways for entertainment, especially the practice of sports and games among males. The use of the Internet prevailed among males, especially during leisure time. It was noticed a decrease in leisure time among older young people, including the use of the Internet. Finally, it was found that the youth have few free spaces for leisure time. In this context, leisure mediated by the media, especially television and the internet has featured among teenagers and young people, regardless of gender.