STUDY ON ONLINE GAME ADDICTION AND IMPLICATIONS AMONG YOUTH

Abstract

In this research, I wanted to study the impact of online games on youth and how it impacts life directly and indirectly. In this research, I focused on three games: are Mini Militia, Pokémon Go, and PUBG, because these games had a significant impact on youth. The factors that I mainly focused on in the project are addiction to games, impact on studies, household activities, assignments, sleep, health and behaviors. Online games are the video games that are played through the internet or any other computer network. Online games have affected the youth in many ways. it has affected their sleep; they do not sleep on time hence it is affecting their health. Online games have become an addiction to youth. Sometimes online games give on like cyber bullying violence rebelliousness etc. Online game has a huge market and youth is attracted by them very easily. In this people play with strangers there are chances of something wrong can happen. To study the impact of online games on youth, whether positive or negative, impact different aspects. Whether it affects their household activities and family, are they addicted to them? Do others complain about the amount of time spent playing online games? Are studies or work affected due to playing online games? Are they distracted from being addicted to social media? Have they affected their behaviors? Are they losing their sleep to playing games? Online game has a lot of impact on youth. The following are the impact that are having on the people. Online games impact their household activities they do not take part in household chores and family events. Get addicted to online games and forget many important parts of your life. Nowadays youth invest most of the times on online games. This led to waste of time and hence impacting their sleep hours. Online games affect the behaviour of youth sometimes they become rebellious and also have anger issues. Online games also affect their education the stop attending the classes and lying to their parents that they are attending the class. Online games also impact their grades in school and colleges. Kids start lying to their parents that they are doing their homework with friends instead of that they are playing games. Online games have also given a lot of diseases to people and eye diseases also.