In contemporary society the Internet is an inevitable part of life of young people. The largest part of their leisure time the young, especially students, spend browsing various Internet contents which can be used for different purposes. Bearing that in mind, it should be interesting to examine the preferences of students regarding the use of the Internet contents, which was the main aim of this research. The results presented here are merely a segment of a more extensive research conducted by the Centre for Sociological Research of the Faculty of Philosophy in Ni?. The descriptive method was used in the research, and the main instrument was the evaluation scale designed especially for the purposes of this research. The research sample included 149 students of the Faculty of Philosophy from the Departments of English language, Journalism, Sociology and Psychology. The results of the research confirmed the general hypothesis that the young use the Internet to participate in social networks and seek entertainment contents. The hypothesis stating that students actively use the Internet contents for the purposes of a more successful studying, for gathering new information, downloading books and articles and for acquiring knowledge from any other area has also been confirmed. The research has shown that students rarely use other contents and services such as Internet banking and shopping. When it comes to various departments, the data point to the presence of statistically significant differences in using the Internet contents. The conclusion of the research is that students mostly use the Internet for the purposes of entertainment, as well as to comply with the study obligations. Likewise, bearing in mind that it is the students that we are dealing with, it is necessary to work more on the use of the Internet for the purposes of teaching and learning on the faculties.

Students, preferences, Internet contents, knowledge