Abstract:
With the changing living conditions and developing technology,
digital parenting has become a noteworthy concept. Opening
their eyes in a digital world, children have started to meet their
needs such as games with digital games. The aim of this study is
to examine parents' digital awareness levels and their views on
the effects of digital games at an early age in terms of
demographic variables. The quantitative research method was
adopted in the study, and the model of the research is the
factorial pattern, one of the multivariate designs that aims to
reveal the effects of multiple independent variables together.
The research group consists of 523 parents selected from the
parents of children between the ages of 3-8, using the random
sampling method. MANOVA was applied for nine dependent
variables and five independent variables in the study. Result of
the research, the digital awareness levels of parents differ only
in the risk protection sub-dimension according to the number of
children parents have. The digital awareness levels of parents
differ only in the risk protection sub-dimension according to the
number of children parents have. The digital awareness levels of
parents differ significantly in the sub-dimensions of protection
from risks, efficient use and digital neglect according to the
independent variable of the type of game their children prefer to
play. Parental awareness levels regarding the effects of digital
games on their children at an early age show a significant
difference according to the independent variables of the age
when children start playing digital games and the type of game
their children prefer to play. Parental awareness levels about the
effects of digital games on their children at early ages differ
significantly only in the social sub-dimension according to the
age when children start playing digital games. Parental
awareness levels regarding the effects of digital games on their
children at an early age differ significantly according to the
independent variable of the type of game their children prefer to
play, with fun, physical, social and emotional sub-dimensions.
