HÁBITOS DE LECTURA Y CONSUMO DE INFORMACIÓN EN ESTUDIANTES DE LA FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA Y LETRAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA/INFORMATION READING AND CONSUMPTION HABITS AMONG THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN HUMANITIES FACULTY IN SARAGOSSA UNIVERSITY: 1

This study was carried out to assess information consumption and reading habits among undergraduate students from Humanitities Faculty at Saragossa University. A descriptive cross sectional approach was adopted. It involved 561 undergraduate students. A questionnaire for measuring reading habits was used for data collection. Frequency distribution percentage and cross tabulation with Chi square method were used in analyzing data. The findings revealed that respondents read a wide range and types of information related with leisure, the process of teaching-learning or informative, being the most devices the computer and the smartphone. The most habitual places of reading are the domicile, the library and the public spaces. Some differences in reading preferences were observed between male and female students; men read more topics of policy, economics and sports while women read more topics related with health, fashion, society and horoscope