LEISURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION AND COVID – 19
LEISURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION AND COVID – 19

Summary/Abstract: In this article we have focused on the factors that influence students' free time, especially during the isolation due to COVID-19, but also in the context of globalization, the general research question being: "how do young people prefer to spend their free time? With family or friends? We will analyze the extent to which young people are influenced by technology, how many prefer to socialize face to face and how many strictly prefer the virtual environment. We aim to obtain information about the criteria that students consider when choosing how to spend their free time, why they choose to spend time in clubs or in front of the computer. Free time is part of time, dedicated to active recovery after classes or after completing the work program, given the fact that more and more students choose to work during college. Leisure is also an important component of quality of life and an indicator of living standards. In this age of globalization, the ways of spending free time are among the most diverse, but we will focus on presenting the influence of social networks, such as on students' free time and if students prefer direct socialization to socialization. We are positioning ourselves in an era of globalization, of fast communication and scattered in space, and many people prefer to spend their free time in front of the computer socializing with "virtual friends", instead of going to clubs and other places.

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