Assessment on Effects of Electronic Media on Traditional Play among Higher Secondary Students in Selected Schools in Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i2.1100Keywords:
Effects, elctronic media,traditional play and no association.Abstract
Assessment on effects of electronic media on traditional play among higher secondary students in selected
schools in Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. The objectives were to assess the
usage of Electronic Media (mobile phones, computers, video games & television) among Higher secondary
students, to Assess the effects of Electronic Medias on Traditional Play and to Associate the effects of
Electronic Media on Traditional Play with the selected demographic variables. Convenience sampling
was used to select 80 Higher Secondary School children. The data collection tools were validated and
reliability was established. The data were collected by self-administered questionnaire. The collected data
was Tabulated and Analyzed. Descriptive and Inferential statistical method were used. The study shows
that 56% of the Children had Moderate positive Impact, 41% of the Children had Optimum Positive Impact
and 3% of the students had Minimum positive Impact of Electronic media on Traditional play. There was
no significant association between the Effects of Electronic media on Traditional play and the selected
demographic variables.