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The Influence of Chinese Online Novels on the Values of Adolescents
Assel P. Bissenbayeva
Ph.D. Student of the Chinese Studies Chair, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (71 Al-Farabi Ave., Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-0787, Researcher ID: S-9913-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cheng J. Cheng
Dr.Sci. (Philol.), Professor of the Chinese Studies Chair, Lanzhou University (222 Tianshui S Rd, Chengguan District 730000, Lanzhou, China), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3589-2016, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nurhalyk Abdurakyn
Dr.Sci. (Philol.), Professor of the Middle East and South Asia Chair, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (71 Al-Farabi Ave., Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-3257, Scopus ID: 57191905739, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nurzhan B. Saparbayeva
Associate Professor of the Chinese Studies Chair, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (71 Al-Farabi Ave., Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-3683, Researcher ID: B-3570-2015, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Gulshat J. Serikbayeva
Cand.Sci. (Ped.), Senior Lecturer of the Chair of State Language and Foreign Languages, Almaty Technological University (100 Tole Bi St., Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-7991, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. With the development of the Internet, the popularity of online novels, especially in China, prompts the declining interest in reading paper books. The potential impact of online novels on adolescents has become a matter of public concern. Most studies examine the role of online novels in students’ learning process, as well as the impact on young people’s communication and social interaction. However, so far, the impact of online novels on adolescents’ values and psychology has been understudied despite their critical importance in shaping young peopleʼs identity. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the influence of online novels on the values and psychology of Chinese secondary school learners.
Materials and Methods. To address this challenge, a survey was conducted among students attending Yifu Educational Institution in Nanning, China. Questionnaires developed through the Question Star app were distributed through relevant user groups on social media platforms including WeChat and Tencent QQ.
Results. As a result, positive (increased general knowledge and literacy, the opportunity to spend free time productively) and negative (impact on learning and physical health, decreased literary abilities, promotion of tendencies harmful for society) characteristics of the influence of online novels on adolescents were identified. Practical recommendations were formulated aimed at counteracting negative impact of online novels on adolescents such as the need to strengthen the ideological and moral education of students, the necessity to develop national cultural superiority and pride of modern youth, as well as to introduce young people to useful bibliography.
Discussion and Conclusion. The results obtained will make a significant contribution to such fields as psychology, sociology and education. Also, the results of the study will serve as a basis for the development of new approaches to combat the negative impact of Internet novels on the values of adolescents. The results of the study may be useful for specialists of educational institutions and all those who care about the upbringing of the younger generation.
Keywords: education, literature, China, teenagers, college students, online novels
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Bissenbayeva A.P., Cheng C.J., Abdurakyn N., Saparbayeva N.B., Serikbayeva G.J. The Influence of Chinese Online Novels on the Values of Adolescents. Integration of Education. 2024;28(1):125–139. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.114.028.202401.125-139
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 21.08.2023; revised 07.12.2023;
accepted 14.12.2023.
Authors’ contribution:
A. P. Bissenbayeva – exploring concepts; collecting data, and evidence; writing the draft of the manuscript; typing, correction, and edition.
C. J. Cheng – scientific supervision; providing the necessary critical analysis of the text; discussion of the results.
N. Abdurakyn – critical analysis of the text; development of methodology; revision of the text.
N. B. Saparbayeva – formal data analysis; analysis and synthesis of the data.
G. J. Serikbayeva – critical analysis of the text; discussion of the results; revision of the text.
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