Emotional Sensitivity And Video Game Engagement And Game Related Friendships

The twenty-first century has made massive improvements regarding technology. The internet plays a vital role for schools, businesses, and humans. With the improvement of the internet, thousands of video games have arouse and gaming addiction has grew tremendously. These video games are at the tip of one's fingers. Video games are indisputably harmful to adolescents because they harm an adolescents' intellectual and social development.

For several decades, video games have been cast aside as detractors of student learning in the classroom. According to the research done by Mifsud, Vella, and Camilleri (2013), there is yet still an abundance of research that needs to be conducted, in order to determine the usefulness of video game application in schools. This research synthesis collects data on several different viewpoints and uses of video games in regards to complementing student engagement and learning. The research of James Gee (2005), hypothesized that good video games use good learning principles, of which there are a several. These learning principles include identity, interaction, production, risk-taking, challenge and consolidation, and system thinking. The specific descriptions of each principle will be dissected throughout this synthesis.

Tom Bissell presents an article in 2010, to college students of which is “Why Video Games Matter.” Bissell isn’t intending for the argument to be about video game criticism, the history of the gaming, or an assessment of anything. On the contrary, he wants to articulate his own opinions and thoughts on what playing games feels like, why he plays them, and the questions they make him think about. Being a gamer myself, I have also endured the struggles of what being obsessed with a video game feels like. It is understood that when first purchasing a video game, all one thinks about is getting home and popping it in the console, disregarding everything else that is happening in the vicinity.

According to the study done by Pierce College, gaming is no longer a solitary activity; instead it is becoming increasingly social with 80% reporting being part of a gaming community (Fredrickson). This study states that online games provide a communication tool to people since social relationships have become a significant role in the game industry. Jane McGonigal’s book Reality Is Broken, published in 2011 by the Penguin Group, discusses why games make people better and how they can change the world. Among the chapters, chapter 5, “Stronger Social Connectivity,” specifically describes how games build social relationships. McGonigal explains prosocial emotions, a subset of positive emotions, by organizing her arguments clearly and providing

The articles in track number two surrounded the topic of family influence on the development of an individual. All of the research studies revolved around how external sources effected the development of a person. Each study focused on a different age and aspect of an individual’s surroundings. Article one “Infant Development Outcomes: A Family Systems Perspective” focused on the early stages of infancy; birth to seventeen months, and the effects of the individual mental status of each parent and the relationship of the parents on the infants cognitive and physical development. The second article “Contextualizing video game play: The moderating effects of cumulative risk and parenting styles on the relations among video

Media such as books, television, and radio and the stories told through these mediums have only bean consumed with no input from the reader.these mediums do not encourage active participation in their consumption and often times commenting during such things is considered rude. Attempts have been made at incorporating participation into these mediums before choose your own adventure books are a good example of a passive media trying to incorporate active participation. These attempts have not been wildly successful. Choose your own adventure books don't have the permanence in choice that would make them a truly engaging experience the reader can always go back and change his/her decision. With the creation of video games we have

Do video games negtively affect relationships? Yes , i think that it does because this year a game blew up which is called fortnite. Fortnite is a battle royal with where you could detroy cars,bricks,or anything thats showing. So basiclly you could use those blocks to build and get other people or make your self a cool base. Its so popular its the best game in the entire world at this point of my life. Girls hate fortnite cause its a type of game where u cannot pause and you have to always have your eyes on the screen or you can win. You can't win when your girl is bothering you or she wants attention.

Throughout the world women are depicted to be oversexualized among forms of media such as video games and comic books. The idea of oversexualization towards female characters is that they have been often drawn and animated in hypersexual ways. Even going as far as viewing them as a sex object, their revealing body images are eye candy through the eyes of men. Hence women found in comic books and video games are frequently emphasized by their excessive physical appearances, objectification, portrayal, and character role.

Too often the theory emotions focus on the real world, and not on how emotions are elicited through personal forms of entertainment. This is idea is how our emotions can be elicited through the means of fictional/make belief video games. Moreover, how video games cause emotions in the player, though they are perceived as perceptual illusion. Nonetheless, this form of entertainment causes certain emotion, however Gabriele Taylor would argue those emotional responses/feelings are wrong. This is because the player is often entertained through the means of causing violence. Therefore, this essay will first focus on how these emotions are rational (insofar that they are not recalcitrant), and argue that our emotional responses caused from video

“A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.”

Secondly, video games have been known to build social skills among many who play them. It is widely known that video games have changed drastically. Now people are able to play and communicate with each other from all different parts of the world. Most games nowadays are virtually online game-play only, which means, that the players are all playing together on one server and they do not have the choice to play the game by themselves. This makes it easier to see why video games increase social skills among the nation's youth. “Playing prosocial video games increased prosocial behaviors: children who frequently played

This week’s episode of COMMPENDIUM featured guest Rory McGloin, an individual whom Professor Stifano has known for the past ten years. Mr. McGloin is a media researcher, a director of undergraduate studies, and an instructor for the University of Connecticut’s persuasion and public speaking courses. He developed an affinity for the field of communication after taking an interpersonal course as an undergraduate at Stonehill College. However, it was not until Mr. McGloin took a media research course in his junior year that he decided to pursue this area. Most importantly, he recalled how people questioned the future and purpose of the field of communication. Specifically, Mr. McGloin’s research is on violence in video games and how it changes the perception of the game as well as one’s behavior after playing. Additional topics within this research are immersion, mental models, and interaction and involvement with various technological interfaces. His research and the evolution of communication mentioned earlier are basically tied together. Moreover, it relates to what we are currently studying, which is mass communication and how technologies evolved.

"The task of learning to be properly gendered members of society only begins with the establishment of gender identity" (Aaron Devor). The uniqueness of an individual will help an individual stand out more in society. Do you play video games? Is the video game content appropriate for the everyday teenager? According to PewResearch Internet Project, "The gaming life is 97% of American youth, 12-17 years of age. Nearly every teenager plays on a computer, console, portable or cell phone game, and half of teens play on any given day, usually for about an hour or more. Three girls mentioned that gaming is not just the domain for boys. 94% of teen girls play games, as do 99% of boys" (Amanda Lenhart, Joseph Kahne, Ellen Middaugh, Alexandra Macgill, Chris Evans and Jessica Vitak). Having read this, I completely agree. I have a sixteen year old brother who plays video games for three to four hours a day. As soon as he gets home from school, he goes straight to playing his video games. Designing a video game takes lots of patience and time. The first step of designing a game is designing the content and rules. After this is completed, the game then goes to the pre-production step. The design of a video game needs imaginative and mechanical ability and good writing abilities. Designers, just like the director of a movie, will experiment with different genres. The game designer will produce the first game proposal, which contains gameplay, setting and story, budget estimates, etc.

Are there people who have never played video games at least once in their adolescence? You might recall some happy memories of playing video games with your best friends or that your parents punished you because you spent a lot of time playing video games. Most school teachers and parents are apt to think that playing video games in adolescence might only have negative impacts on adolescents. Playing video games is considered one of the top obstacles to academic performance and maintaining attention spans. Although these facts are partially true, there are positive effects of playing video games in some ways such as entertainment, development of social interaction and movement skills. This essay will cover the positive and negative effects of playing video games on adolescents’ physical, psychological/social aspects. In these divisions, I will discuss about the relationship between playing video games and the level of physical activity which is related to obese, aggressive behavior which is related to violence, social interaction and comfort effect of video games. Also, I will consider the significance of this issue.

Controversy about video games continue to escalate between parents and gamers, regarding the psychological effect of simulated, realistic, and 3D violence on the minds of young children and growing teenagers. Yet, research shows that video games contribute very little to today’s everyday violence, despite complaints and concerns that games influence a child’s normal behavior. Technology is a way of life in today’s world, computers are used by toddlers, adolescents, and adults alike. No matter what career path a person chooses, the computer plays an essential role in the job. The more our technology progresses and as our industry grows stronger, computers and electronic entertainment will grow to be found everywhere around the world. This includes videogames.