TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Descriptive Epidemiology of Screen-Based Media Use among School Children  in Turkey
AU - , Ganime Sadikoglu AU - , Alis Ozcakir AU - , Selin Sadikoglu AU - , Nazan Bilgel AU - , Huriye Tezgelen AU - , Hasan Orhan AU - , Hande G. Ersun 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
SP  - 261
EP  - 266
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2008.261.266
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2008.261.266
KW  - Screen based media
KW  -computer use
KW  -TV watching
AB  - The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and amount of Television (TV) watching and computer use among primary schoolchildren. Our study group was composed of 318 children between the ages of 8 and 14 who attended a private school in Bursa, Turkey. The mean time spent on screen-based media was found to be 2.4 and 3.7 h/day on weekdays and weekends, respectively. About 65% of the time spent on computers was used for entertainment and games.  This study showed that screen-based media are important for the children in our study group. On the other hand, among the activities that they performed together with their family members or friends, computers lost their importance. This commitment is not true for watching TV; hence, among family activities, it has still an enormous proportion.
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