Author: ARIN
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Hazards & Disadvantages of Online Gaming
There are several hazards to online gaming too.More common physical and psychosocial effects attributed to online video gaming are social isolation, increased aggression, and negative academic and occupational consequences (Sublette & Mullan, 2012). Online gaming can influence gamers negatively in a variety of ways, some of which include the following (Alagerelkey, 2021): Citations: Alagerelkey (2021).
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Different Types of Online Games
Online gaming creates a competitive or collaborative environment over the internet for people to interact with one another. Online gaming often includes activities to achieve a task set by a game and enhanced with verbal and/or visual communication (Maher, 2016). It creates a virtual environment that allows single or multiple players to interact with one
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Overview of Stereotypes and Prejudices Perpetuated in Online Gaming
Video games have gained much popularity among teenagers, especially during the pandemic. Video game usage went up 75% amid the COVID-19 pandemic (Shanley, 2020), with the gaming industry earning $159.3 billion in 2020(Field Level Media, 2020). In fact 82% of global consumers played video games or watched video game play in March 2020 (Nielsen, 2020)
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Analysis of PEW Research – Gaming & Gamers
In this article, the author did research on adults who game. There was a public poll open to a select group of people. A serious outcome of the poll decided that 4 in 10 adults believe that violence in video games is related to violence in real life. The article gave data and facts that
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The Double-Edged Sword of Online Gaming
In this article I learned a lot of cold statistics and evidence that gaming has a lot of stereotypes and influences adolescents. In this article, there is extensive research done on multiple factors and areas. This study includes a lot of new perspectives. This isn’t just about race, it also speculates on gender, LGBTQIA+ individuals,
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Do Stereotypical Images in Video Games Affect Attitudes and Behavior?
This article is hands down my favorite one so far. This article has a ton of information on this topic and provides a lot of sources and data that back up their point. This research focused on the opinion of adolescents instead of adults. Since the new generation is rising and are the ones who
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Why Vanderbilt Summer Academy (VSA)?
There are many reasons why I think VSA would be a good fit for me. My first reason is the fact that I am really invested in technology. I really enjoy learning about the digital world and using technology. My second reason is I grew up in the digital world my whole life and I
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Vanderbilt Summer Academy – Our Digital Lives
From June 19-July 1, I went to Vanderbilt’s summer academy for a two week program designed for 9th and 10th graders. We spent two weeks staying in the dorms at the campus while taking classes in various classrooms and spaces throughout the campus. This summer program gave me a real perspective as a college student.
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Stereotypes in Video Games and How They Perpetuate Prejudice
Recently, I read research and lit review done on how stereotypes in video games perpetuate prejudice. Reading this, one of the biggest takeaways is the internet’s relationship with forms of real life activities. The internet alters things such as shopping, social interactions, entertainment, etc. The internet gave birth to video games where you could do
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My 2022 Project Week – Part 3
Thursday was a very deep, eventful day. We started our day by visiting the Legacy Museum. From the website: “The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is situated on a site in Montgomery where Black people were forced to labor in bondage. Blocks from one of the most prominent slave auction spaces in America,
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