Impacts of Watching Television and Computer Using on Students' Reading Habits rencilerin Televizyon zlemeleri ve Bilgisayar Kullanmalar n n Okuma Al kanl klar üzerine Etkisi

Reading habits contribute both to the cognitive and social developments of individuals in so many aspects. This function of the reading habit continues in the rapid social changing process of today's world. However, children's habits of television watching and computer using have been recently seen to affect their reading habits. Therefore, defining the positive or negative impacts of television and computers on children and finding solutions carries significant importance. The aim of this study is to determine the influences of the television watching and computer using on children's reading habits. In order to find out the influences, a survey was performed on all 5thgrade students at Bilkent Private Primary School and ankaya Public Primary School located within Ankara Büyük ehir Municipality borders. The questionaire was applied to 222 students in these two schools. As a result of the study, it is clear that students prefer to play on computers and watch television in their leisure time to reading books. There is an inverse proportion apparent between the time spent using computers and watching television and the time spent on reading. Okuma al kanl , bireylerin zihinsel ve toplumsal geli imlerine ok y nlü katk da bulunmas i levini, ya anan h zl toplumsal de i im sürecinde de sürdürmektedir. Ancak, son d nemlerde ocuklar n televizyon izlemelerinin ve bilgisayar kullanmalar n n, onlar n okuma al kanl klar n etkiledi i g rülmeye ba lanm t r. Olumluya da olumsuz y nde olabilecek bu etkinin belirlenmesi ve bu y nde zümler üretilmesi büyük nem ta maktad r. Bu al ma, rencilerin televizyon izleme ve bilgisayar kullanmalar n n, onlar n okuma al kanl klar üzerine etkisini belirlemek amac yla yap lm t r al ma, Ankara Büyük ehir Belediyesi s n rlar i inde bulunan zel Bilkent lk retim Okulu ve ankaya lk retim Okulu'nda e itim g ren be inci s n f rencileri üzerinde 2005 y l nda ger ekle tirilmi tir. Bu er evede, bu okullardaki 222 renciye anket uygulanm t r. Ara t rma sonucunda, rencilerin bo zamanlar nda kitap okumay , bilgisayar kullanma ve televizyon izleme etkinli inden daha sonra tercih etti i bilgisayar kullanma süresi ve televizyon izleme süresi ile kitap okuma s kl aras nda ters orant l bir ili kinin oldu u anla lm t r.