Data och Tv-spel
Data och tv-spels påverkan på ungdomar
The purpose of this study is to investigate in what extension students experience that computer and videogames affect them. I have chosen to focus on the physical, mental and social affect that this activity might bring them. I have also examined how much time the students spends in front of the computer or the videogame and in which social context they play.The method I have chosen to use is a quantitative opinion poll which I used in three classes of the later junior high and I have also conducted five qualitative interviews.The conclusions I have drawn from this investigation are that computer and videogames affects teenagers both physically and mentally. Physically the affects of playing videogames mostly can be derived to the physical inactivity they expose themselves to. The students themselves did not experienced any positive physical affects from their playing.Amongst the mental affects that stood out the most I recognized the social training that online gaming provided and also the intellectual stimulation that certain games offered the player. The students had primary noticed that they had improved in the English language. Some of the students experienced that a large part of their social life revolved around their video-games as a lot of their spear time were spent on playing online games and that it was a common topic to talk about amongst their friends.During the work on my report I discovered that many teenagers spends a large part of their free time in front of the computer or the TV screen. The majority of the students played every day. The most common time they played were four hours or more. The students usually played by themselves, online or offline. About every fourth student played together with a friend.