Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of professional players about computers, the internet and PlayStation games. The sample of the study included 154 football players who professionally play football in various clubs in Turkey. This study was conducted with a survey model and had a descriptive quality. In the data collection, the survey form created by the researchers was used. In the data analysis, frequency, arithmetic means and standard deviation techniques were used. In the comparisons based on demographic data, one-way variance analysis was used. Considering the demographic data, the participants consisted of young individuals who were either studying in university or graduated and were single individuals. It was also determined that 43.9% of the professional football players played in the super league and 52.0% of them played in the 3rd league. It was determined that 84.3% of the participants in the study owned personal computers. As for the time of using the internet, it was determined that 50% of them used it for 1-2 hours. It was determined that 56.2% of the participants always played PlayStation.76.1% of the participants played PlayStation games for 1 hour while 14.1% of them played for 2 hours. It was determined that they played PlayStation games at home. Considering the games played by the participants, it was determined that they played football and tiles-chess-backgammon. It was determined that the participants in the study played games for having fun and relieving stress. It was determined that the participants in the study played games called PES and FIFA. The professional football players stated that 83.8% of them had e-mail addresses while 70.8% of them used MSN and 82.5% of them used Facebook. In conclusion, it was determined that the professional football players used computers-internet frequently and they were open for communication. Additionally, it was determined that they played PlayStation games frequently and played football games. It was finally concluded that the professional football players perceived and played PlayStation games as real games.

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