Proceedings of the 1st Hasanuddin International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, HICOSPOS 2019, 21-22 October 2019, Makassar, Indonesia

Research Article

The Effect of Mobile Gaming on the Quality of Family Communication

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2291518,
        author={Janisa Pascawati Lande and Arianto  Arianto and Tuti  Bahfiarti},
        title={The Effect of Mobile Gaming on the Quality of Family Communication },
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Hasanuddin International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, HICOSPOS 2019, 21-22 October 2019, Makassar, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={HICOSPOS},
        year={2020},
        month={2},
        keywords={mobile gaming family communication video games mobile legends},
        doi={10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2291518}
    }
    
  • Janisa Pascawati Lande
    Arianto Arianto
    Tuti Bahfiarti
    Year: 2020
    The Effect of Mobile Gaming on the Quality of Family Communication
    HICOSPOS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2291518
Janisa Pascawati Lande1,*, Arianto Arianto1, Tuti Bahfiarti1
  • 1: Department of Communication Science, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar
*Contact email: jean.exist08@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examined the effect of playing the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang on family communication quality. Family communication quality was measured using a translated and slightly modified version of Olson’s Family Communication Scale. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang players were recruited to take part in an online survey as a prerequisite for registration in a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang competition. In total, 204 valid responses were collected. Correlational analysis uncovered that neither how many months an individual had been a player of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang nor how long their average gaming session lasted had any effect on family communication quality. However, a significant positive correlation was found between how frequently a person played Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with family communication quality