Archive | 2021
THE INTENSITY OF USING GADGETS AND PARENT CONTROLS IN RT 02 / RW 04 DESA TAMBAHAGUNG
Abstract
This study aim ed to analyze the social interactions in us ing gadgets of 10-year-old children in Desa Tambahagung viewed from the control and the intensity of using gadget. The benefit of this study was analyz ing the form of changes in social interactions that occur red in children aged 10 years who use d gadgets. This study descr i bed 10 years old children affected by the gadge t. This study used a qualitative phenomenological method, which was conducted in Desa Tambahagung RT 04/RW 02 . The object s of this research were ten 10-year-old children in the area who were already familiar with gadgets, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic , in which they were closer and often used gadgets as a means of communication and learning because schools had switched to online learning. D ata were collec ted through observation, interviews, documentation, and recording. The results showed that using gadgets on the interaction of children aged 10 years did not show a significant problem because on average children were extrovert or open to others. They generally played gadgets together with their friends so that the communication and interaction was still good. The phenomenon that emerged in this study was that the device had an effect on children s emotions, nomophobia, children s self-disclosure with parents, and children s language.