Keyword: «information security»

Issues of digital addiction have become extremely relevant in the last decade, including in the context of education, due to the rapid development of technology and the active introduction of artificial intelligence into all spheres of life. The scientific community is actively researching aspects of the negative impact of digitalization, risks and consequences of excessive media use. However, there are still different, often quite contradictory, opinions regarding the essence and indicators of the very phenomenon of digital addiction. The aim of this work is to determine the key aspects of pedagogical work at a university to prevent and reduce the risk of digital addiction among young people based on the analysis and generalization of world experience in studying this phenomenon and the original diagnostic research. The objectives of the work included: analysis of existing approaches to the study of the phenomenon of digital addiction, conducting a diagnostic study aimed at identifying the risk of the formation of digital addiction among young people in the process of using digital devices to perform educational tasks, highlighting relevant aspects of improving pedagogical work at a university to prevent formation of digital addiction of students. The main conclusions that the author comes to in this work concern the ambiguity of interpretation of the term «digital addiction», the components and criteria of this phenomenon, the lack of media literacy level of the generation of «digital natives» that would be sufficient to withstand the risk of digital addiction emergence. As a result, the concept of digital addiction was concretized on the basis of analysis and comparison of various approaches to its interpretation, including that as a pedagogical problem. Some contradictions were identified that exist in the field of university education and contribute to the formation of digital addiction among young people, which makes up the theoretical significance of this work. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the author formulated some aspects that require consideration when planning and organizing pedagogical work at a university to eliminate the negative effects of media use and reduce the risk of the formation and development of digital addiction among young people.