THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PLAYING THE ONLINE GAME MOBILE LEGEND BANG BANG AND STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PONOROGO

The reading comprehension of the Indonesian people is still extremely low, as evidenced by the fact that Indonesia is ranked 74 out of 79 countries in the 2018 PISA rankings for reading comprehension. Online game Mobile Legend: Bang Bang is an illustration of a topic that is relevant to students. The world's largest concentration of Mobile Legend: Bang Bang gaming communities are found in Indonesia, which demonstrates how popular the game is among students. The purpose of this research is to ascertain the correlation between playing the online game Mobile Legend: Bang Bang towards students' reading comprehension at the Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo.
The researcher used quantitative techniques in this research. The researcher gave questionnaires to 30 students of the Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo to determine the correlation. Additionally, a Pearson moment product correlation analysis test was used to further examine the collected data.
Using the questionnaires that were given out, it was discovered that 27 students had played MLBB online games more than 2 years ago, while 3 other students had played within 1-2 years. Following this, 30 students were given reading tests to gauge their reading comprehension. 30 students received an average score of 81.20 on the reading test. Additionally, the correlation value is calculated using the Pearson moment product correlation analysis. This analysis revealed a correlation between reading comprehension and playing the online game Mobile Legend: Bang Bang is 0.703. This value additionally demonstrates a positive correlation between playing the online game Mobile Legend: Bang Bang towards students reading comprehension
Consequently, it can be concluded that there is a positive correlation between playing the online game Mobile Legend: Bang Bang towards students reading comprehension at the Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo.
Based on the results of this research, the researcher advised students to use the MLBB online game to enhance their reading comprehension, but with some restrictions like no more than two hours per day. Additionally, it is anticipated that other researchers will continue this research with a wider focus. Alternatively, other researchers could conduct the same research using different language skills and genre games.