GENERASI ALPHA – TUMBUH DENGAN GADGET DALAM GENGGAMAN

Abstract

The general objective in this study was to determine the description of the use of devices in alpha
generation children in Pekanbaru City. The gadget comes from English which means small electronic devices that have
special functions. Among smartphones like the iPhone and Blackberry, and netbooks (a combination of portable
computers such as notebooks and the internet). In Indonesian the word gadget is often also referred to as a gadget.
This research was conducted in Pekanbaru City in 12 Districts. The results of the study explained that the gadget devices
that children use are still borrowing parents, the type of gadget that children use the most is smartphones, the activities
that children do other than using gadgets most often are playing outside the home, the places where children use the
most gadgets use the family room , the time to use the gadget for children is not every day, namely on certain days such
as holidays, the application that is often used by children is Youtube, complaints from children after using the gadget
are raging if not given a gadget, and accounts that most children have are YouTube channels.