A STUDY ON GAMING ADDICTION IN YOUNGSTERS (TAMIL NADU)

 AUTHOR – S.KOGULA SWATHI, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES (SIMATS)

BEST CITATION – S.KOGULA SWATHI, A STUDY ON GAMING ADDICTION IN YOUNGSTERS (TAMIL NADU), INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (10) OF 2025, PG. 37-53, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT :

Online games are a highly popular entertainment in modern societies. They refer to games that are played over a computer network or mobile network. They are different from video games and computer games that do not use the internet and do not have interpersonal communication. The objective of this paper was to find why they are addicted to online gaming and how it affects society. The research method followed is descriptive research and the sample size is 200. Convenience sampling method is adopted in the study to collect the data. The samples were collected from friends and relatives. All data was analysed by computer using IBM Statistics SPSS, Version 23 package. The independent variables are age group, gender, marital status. The dependent variables are types of online gamers, favourite mode in online games, level of spending time for online games per day, changes of  characteristics of playing online games, rating of  with whom they mostly play online games.

Keywords:  Online gaming, Society, internet, Communication, Entertainment.