Objective: The internet is a major phenomenon of today’s society
since it gives easy access to information. Internet use is becoming
increasingly widespread and area of use has been expanding. Based on figures
from Turkish Statistical Institute, home internet access was 41.6% in 2010 and increased
to 83.8% in 2018. Despite increases in household internet access, use of
internet cafés is also on increase. The aim of the present study was to
determine the sociodemographic characteristics of young people using internet
cafés and the reasons why they prefer using internet cafes.
Method: The study was carried out on internet cafés registered
by Tokat Health Provincial Directorate. Written consent was taken from
participants and sociodemographic data questionnaire prepared by the
investigators was completed by all subjects.
Results: All participants and interviewed people were male.
Average age of the participants was 20.1±2.34. Forty-two of them (70%) had home
internet access, while 18 (30%) did not. The main reason for using internet
café was playing online games (42 participants, 70%). The participants
mentioned that they used internet cafés 2-30 days in a month and 1-16 hours on
a day.
Conclusions: In the present study dealing with the sociodemographic
data of young people using internet cafés, it was found that people younger
than 24 years prefer using these cafes and they could spend considerable amount
of time and money there. In addition, which web sites were visited and
which online games were played by young people, how often and how long they
used these public places were also questioned.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Medical Science Research Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Haziran 2019 |
Kabul Tarihi | 25 Haziran 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019Cilt: 41 Sayı: 2 |