Neethu, Joseph (2016) A comparative study to assess the usage of electronic media and its impact on the traditional play, health and wellbeing with a view to provide an information booklet and need-based education to the school children in selected schools in the urban and rural areas - Coimbatore. Masters thesis, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
Twenty first century has witnessed a marked increase in the usage of electronic medias like mobile phones, television, computer and videogames especially among the school children, thereby reducing the exposure to traditional games and transmission of cultural values through the generations. Statistical studies shows that Internet usage in India was 14 lakhs in 1998 and 243 million in 2013. India is now the 3rd largest internet population; There is a controversy existing about the impact of these medias on the development of children in every aspect among the researchers. Objectives and method of the study: A descriptive survey design using observation technique and questionnaires was used in this study. The study was conducted in GRG Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Peelamedu and PSG High School, Vedapatti. Simple Random sampling technique was used to identify the 100 samples, for the usage of electronic media, from both the schools. The selected students were given questionnaires and their BMI and vision were checked. Rating scales and opinionnaire were filled by the teachers and the parents of the selected students. Major Findings and conclusion of the Study: The rural students 18(36 %) spent 3 hours or more in play activities everyday whereas 16(32%) of the urban students spent only 2 hours in play activities. The popular traditional games played by the urban and rural students were: Hide & seek (96%), Caroms (90%), Police and robber(90%)& Kho- kho (88%) Mobile phones were chosen as the favourite electronic device by majority of the rural 25 (50%) and the urban students 20 (40%). Among the 50 rural and 50 urban students chosen for the study, 46 (92%) of the rural and 44 (88%) of the urban students exhibited optimum performance. This study shows that there is no association between the level of impact of electronic media usage among rural and urban students with the demographic variables such as age, gender, family income, type of family, number of siblings, ordinal position in the family, body mass index and vision.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Electronic media; Impact; Traditional play; Health and Wellbeing |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Paediatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2017 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2017 10:08 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2508 |
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