Özet:

Today, rapidly developing information technologies can cause significant changes in all areas of daily life. It has become an indispensable part of daily life, especially as a game and entertainment tool. Especially young individuals show more intense interest in digital games, which are users of all ages, and the time they spend on digital games is increasing. Overuse of these games has many negative effects. One of these negativities is digital game addiction. In this study, which focuses on digital game addiction, it is aimed to reveal the role of the covid-19 pandemic process in digital game addiction of university students. It can be thought that university students, who are thought to have more independent living standards, spend more time on digital gaming platforms due to various game playing tools such as smart phones, tablets, computers and easy access to the internet. In this context, this study is important in terms of determining the role of the covid-19 pandemic process in digital game addiction, especially for university students, who are seen as the bright future of a society. In this study, in which the qualitative research method was adopted, in-depth interview technique was used. Within the scope of the research, interviews were conducted with 10 students who were selected from the population of students studying at Atatürk University, Faculty of Communication, through purposive sampling, one of the non-probabilistic sampling methods. In-depth data collected in these interviews were analyzed and important findings were interpreted. According to the findings, it has been determined that the duration of digital game playing has increased at an addictive level during the covid-19 pandemic process.