The study of behaviors and effects of internet technology focus on online game exposure by Thai high school students

This research was aimed to study the behaviors and effects of internet technology focus on online game exposure by high school students in Amphoe Mueang, Surat Thani province in southern of Thailand. The sampling group consisted of 387 persons according to Taro Yamane's formula using multistage sampling method. The questionnaire was used to collect the data. The study results revealed that as for the behaviors of online game exposure by Thai high school students in Amphoe Mueang, Surat Thani Province, the majority of the sampling group was exposed to online games for less than 6 months (37.60 percent). Most of them were exposed to online games for less than 1 hour per day. The time when the sampling group was most exposed to online games was from 16.00 to 20.00. The majority of the sampling group spent on being exposed to online games for 51-100 Baht per week. Moreover, they spent on being exposed to entertainment. They preferred Audition Game the most (47.3 percent). They preferred the type of sports games the most (X̅ = 3.53). Besides, the study of the effect of internet technology focus on online game exposure revealed that in overall the sampling group had little effect (X̅ = 2.55). The research results showed that the sampling group had health effect for the most part (X̅ = 3.02) followed by the effect on education (X̅ = 2.87) and the financial effect (X̅ = 2.53), respectively. There were suggestions by all relevant parties which were the legislative branches, educational institutions and family institutions to solve the problems of youngsters who were addicted to online game.