Abstract:

The Internet has become an important part of our lives today, and advances in technology have also taken perceptions of the game to different dimensions. Face-to-face games played in natural environments have turned into computer games today. One of these types of games is multiplayer online games. Adolescents spend most of their time at the computer playing these games. This research aims to examine the experiences of adolescents (high school students) towards online games in the distance education process.The research is organized according to phenomenology (phenomenology), which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the study consists of adolescents (high school students) located in the province of Istanbul in the 2020-2021 academic year determined by the purposeful sampling method. A Personal Information Form containing the demographic information of adolescents and a Semi-Structured Interview Form prepared by the researchers were used as a data collection tool. In the analysis of the data, descriptive analysis and content analysis were performed. According to the results of the research, it has been revealed that there are differences in the experiences of adolescents towards games during the distance education process. According to the participants' time management experiences, it has been revealed that the distance learning process allows participants to devote more time to games, and that games have negative effects on nutrition and sleep patterns in meeting their basic needs in their daily life experiences.

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