%0 Journal Article %T Methods, Places and Rituals Accompanying the Perception of the Content of Traditional Television and WebTV among High School Students Residing in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship %A Kinal, Jarosław %J Media Research Issues %V 2021 %R 10.4467/22996362PZ.21.003.13031 %N Volume 64, Issue 1 (245) %P 39-49 %K network society, digital natives, digital immigrants, media absorption, media ritualisation, young people, Podkarpackie Voivodeship %@ 0555-0025 %D 2021 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/metody-miejsca-odbioru-i-rytualy-towarzyszace-percepcji-tresci-telewizji-tradycyjnej-i-webtv-wsrod-licealistow-zamieszkujacych-wojewodztwo-podkarpackie %X The modern way of using the media has changed the spatial structure and functions of the places of media reception. The aim of this article is to indicate the reception methods, the places of reception and the description of the rituals that accompany young people today when using the media. The article presents the results of the research conducted among secondary school students from Podkarpackie Voivodeship (in the South of Poland) in 2018. The study used a two-stage method of gathering the research material: 1) letters to directors of 14 randomly selected educational institutions were followed by (2) a request to fill in the questionnaire sent to students, using an open account on Facebook. The use of targeted search on Facebook made it possible to reach students who were actually members of the school’s community with the survey, the results of which made it possible to substantiate the hypotheses put forward in the process of conceptualization of research and constitute a contribution to further research on the phenomenon of rituals accompanying the perception of media content.