Addiction to digital media networks and its impact on adolescents' emotions

Keywords: Addiction, Digital media, Internet games, Influence, Emotions

Guranda Shamilishvili

E-mail:guranda.shamilishvili@bsu.edu.ge

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

Batumi, Georgia

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Teona Gogiashvili

Georgian Technical University

Tbilisi, Georgia

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ABSTRACT

 

Modern online space and computer technologies have quickly become integral attributes of reality. Nowadays, human activity in any field is simply unthinkable without the digital world, which can be considered one of the outstanding achievements of scientific and technological thinking of the 21st century. Despite the progressive reality, the factors of the influence of computer technologies on humans are still under study.

Computer games have become an interesting activity for preschoolers, schoolchildren, students and adults. The reasons for addiction to computer games are diverse, including: the individual's lack of self-control, communication deficit, the desire to be in the virtual world and escape from the difficulties of the real world, low self-esteem and insecurity in one's own "I", dependence on the opinions of others. Excessive time use of media technologies can have negative consequences for both the physical and mental health of the individual.

In our work, several studies were conducted to determine Internet addiction. According to the results of the test study, an average level of addiction was revealed among adolescents, although in some cases some of them had high risk factors for addiction to digital media networks. The analysis of literature data showed that the impact of computer games on the emotions of seniors is diverse.  Addiction to computer games can affect the psyche of adolescents, causing relapse of certain diseases. We believe it is important that specialists develop appropriate strategies to reduce the harm of online technologies and to promote the mental health and positive emotions of the next generation

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2026-05-07