Online Games Addiction

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Online Games Addiction

• A presentation by Samuel Irobunda Jr.

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Introduction

• Online Gaming is becoming a mainstream form of
  entertainment
  
• According to a study by Pew Internet
  Studies(2003), 70 percent of college students
  play online games.
  
• Three types of online games

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MMORPGS

• Derived from MUDs (Multi User Dungeons) from the
  1970s
  
• Online Virtual Communities
• Have a monthly charge

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Demographic Study

• According to a study (Ng, Wiemer-Hastings, 2005)
  which used a sample of 91 MMORPG gamers
  
• 44 of the gamers played over 20 hours.
• A similar study was done with a combination of
  Non-MMORPG gamers
  
• Results showed 73 played less than 6 hours

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What does this mean?

• While the overall trend shows that there is a
  large population of casual gamers, occasional
  gamers have more of an issue with addiction.
  
• Some of the effects of addiction can be
• Failure to adjust to reality.
• Diminishing social life.
• Health Issues (loss of sleep, bad eating
  habits).
  

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Possible Solutions

• Online game Diet.
• Slow, gradual process.
• Make a schedule.
• Plan out a weekly schedule to allocate time for
  playing games.
  
• Replace the time
• Replace the time playing games with other
  activities (going outdoors, doing schoolwork).

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Questions?
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Sources

• Pew Internet Study - http//www.pewinternet.org/PP
  F/r/93/report_display.asp
  
• Ng, B. D., Wiemer-Hastings, P. (2005). Addiction
  to the Internet and Online Gaming.
  CyberPsychology Behavior, 8(2), 110-113.
  
• Lo, S., Wang, C., Fang, W. (2005). Physical
  Interpersonal Relationships and Social Anxiety
  among Online Game Players. CyberPsychology
  Behavior, 8(1), 15-20.
• Griffiths, M. (2003). internet abuse in the
  workplace issues and concerns for employers and
  employment counselors. Journal of Employment
  Counseling, 40(2), 87-96.