THE RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORITARIANITY AND VIRTUAL BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

Abstract

The main goal of this research was to check whether there is a statistically significant correlation between authoritarianism and virtual behavior on social networks, as well as whether there are differences in virtual behavior on social networks with regard to sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 242 respondents, 65 male and 177 female respondents participated in this study. The age of the respondents ranged between 16 and 66 years and the average age was 33 years. The instruments used in the research are: a questionnaire for collecting data on sociodemographic characteristics of respondents designed for this research, Autoritarnostquestionnaire (for testing authoritarianism) i VPDM-questionnaire (a questionnaire for testing virtual behavior on social networks). The research results showed that there is a statistically significant connection between authoritarianism and two forms of virtual behavior on social networks, namely virtual alienation and negative attitude towards social networks. Also, significant differences were found in virtual behavior on social networks with regard to gender, age and education.