Abstract:
Today's technological advances are very rapid and increasingly
sophisticated with the creation of gadgets. Gadgets greatly affect the
development of elementary school students, especially developments in
social interaction. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of
the old usage of gadgets with the social development of school children.
The design of this research is correlation analysis with the cross-sectional
approach. The population in this study were all 1-5 grade students at Jabon
2 Mojoanyar Elementary School in Mojokerto Regency with 125 children.
The sampling technique uses total sampling. The sample of this study
amounted to 125 children. The research instrument used a social
development questionnaire. Data analysis using crosstab. The results of
this study indicate that most children use gadgets> 2 hours a day, 89
children (71.2%), and most school-age children have sufficient social
development, 83 children (66.4%). The results of the crosstab analysis
show that the longer children use gadgets, the less social development of
children. Children who use gadgets over time from the time limit specified
by some experts make them addicted and less sensitive to the surrounding
environment. Children tend to be individual and passive in interacting with
their social environment and peers.
