2013 OBSERVATION ANALYSIS Internet Addiction and Gender Dynamics for Social Computer Gaming Tendency Ozan Yaman ABSTRACT Since the mid-1990s‚ there have been frequent reports of individuals whose use of the computer and internet is problematic. Given the recent expansion and the expected increase in internet availability and usage in the coming years‚ it is important that healthcare professionals be informed about this behavior and its associated problems. Recently‚ psychological
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In online gaming‚ players are represented by an avatar‚ which is a three dimensional (3D) model used in computer games or a two-dimensional icon like a picture. A player’s identity is not usually revealed. This has led to an internet phenomenon known as gender swapping. Gender swapping is when a player swaps the gender of their identity in the game they are playing. Assortments of studies have been done on gender swapping in online gaming‚ but most of them fail to find the real reason many online
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What is online gaming? * An online game is a video game played over some form of computer network‚ using a personal computer or video game console. * "Online gaming is a technology rather than a genre‚ a mechanism for connecting players together rather than a particular pattern of gameplay." Online games are played over some form of computer network‚ typically on the Internet. One advantage of online games is the ability to connect to multiplayer games‚ although single-player online games are
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How are you Building your Life I have many plans in my life. I want to be a successful person someday. I want to be a rich and become a good father and brother to my family. When I finish my studies I will find a job and earn money. When I earn much money and responsible enough I will build a building. I will build my own big house for my family. I will help my family specially my mother who is lonely at home. I will help my brother to get a job. I will help some poor people to get job and give
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The Potential Cons of Online/Video Gaming on Kids Some of the potential cons could be‚ * That it promotes increased tolerance to violence‚ that kids become insensitive and cold towards other kids and adults alike‚ not being able to differentiate between what’s reality and what’s not. This can be considered a valid concern since many video games contain graphic/inappropriate content and provide incentives for users to‚ for example‚ kill as many characters as possible by rewarding them with points
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CASE STUDY Online Gaming – Pleasure or Pain Video Game Industry Considered by some as a curiosity in the mid-1970s‚ the computer and video game industries have grown from focused markets to mainstream. They took in about US$ 9.5 billion in the US in 2007‚ and 11.7 billion in 2008. Modern personal computers owe many advancements and innovations to the game industry: sound cards‚ graphics cards and 3D graphic accelerators‚ CD ROM and DVD-ROM drives‚ are a few of the more notable improvements.
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Published Online: June 13‚ 2012 Published in Print: June 13‚ 2012‚ as Online Games Tapped by West Virginia to Improve Education Bits & Bytes Online Games Tapped by West Virginia to Improve Education Students love to play computer games‚ and the West Virginia Department of Education is tapping into that love through a website called Learn21. The site offers all kinds of games that help students in every grade level brush up on their studies. Fifth grade students in Dottie Pownall’s classroom
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De La Salle Araneta University College of Arts Sciences Education and Technology Electronics II: A Research Proposal of the Effects of Online Gaming Submitted By: Taha‚ Jackilyn A. Avanzado‚ Annabelle Submitted To: Eng’r. Aga Madelo Chapter 1- The title and its Background Introduction: Over the past two decades‚ electronic games have become ingrained in our culture. Children’s fixation with these games initially alarmed parents and educators‚ but educational researchers soon
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Social Issues of Online Gaming With the technology advancements improving the gaming experience‚ more people are playing online games. Starting from children‚ teenagers‚ adults‚ people of all ages are playing online games. People that are addicted to online games have the tendency to lose interest in many hobbies‚ activities they enjoyed doing. They have little face-to-face interaction with their friends and family‚ assuming they are spending more than 4 hours a day playing online games. However
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the present year‚ online games had a big impact to us especially teenagers. Online games have many genres‚ including FPS games‚ MMMORG‚ Casual games‚ and multiplayer games. A game will be become an online games if it evolves in using a computer or a series of computers with one player in each computer to battle it out with other players using the internet depending in the game genre. According to Wikipedia‚ on line game is a game played over some form of computer network. Online games can range from
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