Television Gaming Habits Among Youths in Port Harcourt Metropolis
Abstract
This study evaluates television gaming habits and among youths in Port Harcourt metropolis: a critical incident analysis. The objectives of the study were to find out the extent to which Port Harcourt youths engage in acts associated with television gaming. ascertain the stations, sites and platform youths in Port Harcourt engage their gaming time on, identify the techniques and patterns with which youths in Port Harcourt engage in television gaming; Using a descriptive survey design and a sample of 370 respondents, the research found television gaming /sports betting is almost universal among the youths in Port Harcourt metropolis. The study also found that the youths in Port Harcourt metropolis are familiar with television gaming / sports betting and it is common practice. That television gaming among in Port Harcourt is not driven only by entertainment and social motives but also economic factors. The study therefore recommended that the local educators and youths counselors should involve in conducting surveys and workshop in schools to gather data and educate parents and students about the impact of television gaming. Social workers and community leaders should conduct assessments and provide intervention programs that address and mitigate any negative social impacts of gaming, ensuring a balanced and healthy engagement with television gaming, that active measures should be taken by the government at all levels, legislators, mass media, and community members to provide an accurate representation of sports betting as well as the risks involved.
