Comparison of Digital Media in Residential Center and Home
Abstract:
New technologies are becoming a daily part in lives of all people, including children, who can access to television sets, smartphones, computers and videogames. New technologies have a negative impact on children and adolescents. Firstly, they reduce the time spent moving or being in nature, which represents an important segment in children’s development. Another problem is that overuse of new technologies can negatively affect the development of deep brain structures, which leads to a decrease in cognitive abilities. It can reduce attention concentration by reducing the ability of receiving new information, which is a growing problem for the generations growing up in the digital age [1]. As children and adolescents can access digital media and new devices on every corner, we were interested about the difference in use between those living treatment centres and those living at home. We assumed that adolescents living in treatment centres use fewer digital media than their peers at home. We worked with some primary and secondary schools as well as treatment centres. Students were given questionnaires. The sample used is 91 participants. Most of the students surveyed in both categories were between the age of 11 and 15, followed by the 15- to 18-year-old group. It is important to emphasise the limiting factors of the survey, as the research sample included only part of the adolescent population, therefore it is difficult to generalize the obtained results to the entire population.
