Gaming Addiction And Its Effects On Education Excellency On Youth (A Case Study On Pakistani Society)

Abstract

Excessive exposure to video games and internet seems like a harmless phenomenon, but it can be a cause of mental and behavioral disorders including developmental issues in the youth particularly. In an exclusive report published in January 2018 by WHO, the international scientific research has confirmed that gaming addiction is classified as mental health disorder. In order to check the gravity of this issue in Pakistan an empirical survey has been conducted with parents of young youth. Despite so much concern and research done by international professionals, Pakistani society is still unable to accept it as a disorder and to safe the young minds from harmful content. It has been revealed during survey that certain percentage of youth in Pakistani society are at higher risk of developing some kind of behavioral disorder due to gaming addiction. Now it has become evident that a strategy needs to be develop immediately to generate mindfulness amongst the adults first about Internet and Gaming Disorder (IGD) and its related problems. On the contrary, it is the responsibility of media personnel & Industry both, on the other hand to create and develop harmless youth programming to refrain youth from such disorders.