Open AccessAnalysis of the state of digital contact habits of primary school students
Author(s) -
Tuncay Dilci,
Tuncay Dilci
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal on educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1309-0348
pISSN - 1309-1506
DOI - 10.18844/wjet.v14i1.6728
Subject(s) - psychology , scope (computer science) , mathematics education , addiction , covid-19 , period (music) , medical education , computer science , medicine , psychiatry , physics , disease , pathology , acoustics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
The aim of this study is to examine the status of digital contact habits of primary school students during the pandemic period. This study is important because it will reveal the difference between primary school students' digital contact habits before and after the COVID-19 period. The study also has the distinction of being the first within the scope of studies conducted at primary school level in the direction of digital life skills and addiction. Survey method was used. The study group consists of 986 parents of primary school students in three different provinces in districts similar to each other in terms of socio-economic and cultural aspects. The collected data were obtained by Digital analyze technique. The data was interpreted in the artificial intelligence-algorithmic system. According to the findings, the addiction rate increased in the study group students during the COVID-19 period, and one out of every four children was digitally dependent.
Keywords: Covid-19; Digitalization; Digital Addiction; digital contact; primary school.