ONLINE GAMING ADDICTION

This website tackles the topic Online Gaming Addiction: How it affects the overall health of a teenage student, also focusing on the team's events in streaming.

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Introduction

Online games have been and will continue to be one of the most popular hobbies for teens due to how accessible they are at current times. It provides stimulation that is great for entertainment and satisfaction to people of all ages. Moreover, they are designed to be addictive using state-of-the-art behavioral psychology to keep you hooked. But the same with other sports, it also has its own disadvantages. With this, as students and individuals who value health, digging deeper into the causes and effects of online gaming addiction would teach a variety of people to take appropriate action.

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Definition

Online gaming addiction is the compulsive or uncontrolled use of video games, in a way that causes problems in other areas of a person's life.

Causes

There are many causes of online gaming addiction which may include escapism, parental neglection, social acceptance, or mental health problems.

Effects

Online gaming addiction can greatly put a person's health at risk, may that be physically, mentally, or socially.

Preventions

Preventions may include having a break, parent supervision, trying different hobbies, or bonding with others.

Towards The Need Of Viewers

As a way of spreading awareness about online gaming addiction, streaming has been a requirement that the team thinks, would greatly benefit the majority.

What is streaming?

Streaming refers to watching videos or listening to audio content without having the need to download it first.



What are the types and platforms for streaming?

You may watch or listen to many different types of streaming such as movies, music videos, video games, TV shows, and others on streaming platforms like Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, etc. Note that it is important that you are able to upload appropriate content to your designated streaming platform.

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Survey Release

Our group has conducted a survey to dig deeper into the thoughts and opinions of viewers on 3 certain contents; Educational Videos, Community Based Videos, and Video Podcasts.


Beliefs and Opinions on the Topic

  • 48 out of the 50 respondents have knowledge as to what/how online games work. 2 respondents, however, do not know what/how online games work.
  • Call Of Duty is the most popular video game among all 50 students, accumulating 42/50 votes. Fortnite, on the contrary, has the least votes having a total of 26/50.
  • 42 students think that online gaming addiction is not okay. 8 students, on the other hand, think that online gaming addiction is okay.
  • 30 respondents have experienced being bullied through online gaming. 20 respondents have not experienced being bullied through online gaming.

    • Attitudes on the Topic

    • 45 students are aware of how online gaming addiction affects their health. 2 students are not, while 3 students do not care.
    • 25 respondents always play online games. The other 25 respondents, however, do not always play online games.
    • 49 students believe online gaming is fun. 1 student, on the other hand, does not believe online gaming is fun.
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What do we need to learn?

Online Gaming may appear to be good for building up character development, but the lack of self-limitation of teenage students to this is closely linked to online gaming addiction, greatly affecting our well-being, whether socially, mentally, physically, or emotionally. Thus, the viewers need to:

  • Know how online gaming addiction affects the overall health of a player.
  • Manage their time when playing online games to avoid addiction.
  • Analyze what online games are appropriate for their age.
  • Learn ways how to overcome online gaming addiction.

A stream should equip the following characteristics for good performance.

  • Know the trends.

    • When starting a stream or uploading content, it's important to keep up with the trends. This makes your content more interesting and engaging and it helps you create content that your audience wants as well, allowing you to increase the number of your viewers.

  • Be clear.

    • Your content should be clear to make your audiences' viewing experience understandable.

  • Engage.

    • Engaging with your audience keeps things enjoyable and gets people to stick around. Low chance of boredom and a high chance of fun!

  • Be energetic.

    • It's best to maintain a fun stream with energetic energy as this is one of the most important keys to having a successful stream.

  • Don't forget to be professional!

    • Executing professionalism in appearance, way of talking, gestures, and the overall process of streaming allow your content to be appropriate for a variety of individuals.

Our Events

To properly execute the stream, promotional materials are created and released.

Posters

Many different promotional posters were created by the team and posted on the group's official Facebook Page to help in marketing.

Videos

Promotional videos consisting of the stream's details were created and spread in different social media platforms.

GIF

An animated poster with interesting design elements was also posted on the group's official Facebook Page.

Facebook Announcements

The group's Facebook admin posts updates and reminders about the team's upcoming events.

Portfolio

Showcase of promotional posters created and released for 2nd live stream.

  • Posters

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Testimonials

Below are some of the researched online gaming addiction experiences of individuals.

Cam Adair

From TEDx Talks

Games are temporary escape, after a tough breakup at the age of 18, playing games online gave me the perfect way of not having to deal with the situation. Second, games are social. It gave me this opportunity to be who I wanted to be, nobody knew my history, and I was judged based on my ability to play the game, and not on my current social standing.

Cam Adair

From TEDx Talks

Games are a challenge, they give you a sense of purpose, a mission, a goal to work towards. Achievement multiply the opportunities to experience success. And you can see constant measurable growth, you get to see progress. When you’re at school, you struggle to improve your social standing, but online, you are able to see rewards for the efforts you’ve put in.

Matthias Dewilde

From TEDx Talks

Some games are so well developed, and especially the games that are fulfilling many of the needs that these gamers have, and they’re not seeing that fulfilled in their life outside of gaming. That’s when these games start becoming really attractive and maybe a bit too hard to let go for these people.

Member

From Game Quitters

Addiction has this invisible force in our brains which gives you anxiety if you’re not playing games. You feel like you can’t stand the quiet of being alone. You can’t stand the fact that you’re going to have to deal with your thoughts and your pain without drowning it out and forgetting

Member

From Game Quitters

What started as a harmless hobby, transformed into a life-destroying addiction. One that ultimately led to me getting discharged from the military and having a marriage ending in divorce.

Conclusion

It has been a challenging ride working toward the finish line for Group 5. However, our becoming one by helping one another enabled us to manage and reach the end of our school year together. The process of how we found the need for streaming was kind of easy as the subject's Experience Guides and the ideas of our members served an important role in achieving our goal. Though it may be easy to understand, it was hard to properly execute. We have focused on 3 certain content types which are Educational Videos, Community Based Videos, and Video Podcasts. Forming these three choices were based on what content type and platform would best suit our topic, online gaming addiction. In order to dig deeper on its viewers, audience demographics were required so we released a survey. Releasing a survey was one of the most exciting part for our group as it gives us the chance to communicate and understand viewers of a certain content type more, a crucial step toward finding the need for streaming. As a result, we are proud of the work we have done and will continue to work hard and do our best in the future.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Live Streaming is type of streaming that refers to a media content that allows us to watch and/or listen in real time. During live streaming, pausing the video or audio content may not be done. You cannot go back to where you left it.

  • Some of the public live streaming applications include Facebook Live, Twitter, Instagram Live Stories, V Live, Twitch TV, Tik Tok, and YouTube Live.

  • Learning about this topic is very important as the gaming industry has greatly evolved over the years. Individuals have become more vulnerable to addiction toward online gaming, especially teenage students like us as we use this as a way for escapism.

  • As online games have become more popular, spreading awareness about this topic will allow individuals to keep in mind the dangers of spending too much time on online games to the point that it affects their overall health and lifestyle.

About Us

We are Group 5 from APEC Schools B09 Ortigas Extension. This website was created for our LifeLabs Subject aiming to spread awareness about Online Gaming Addiction among teenage students. We thank you for visiting and/or reading our website.

Mariella Kathryn Libunao

Team Leader

Iyna Ashley Alvarez

Technical

Maria Margareth Godoy

Organizer

Abbygale Turqueza

Time-Keeper

Tamara Avril Almoguerra

Member

Anghelo Santos

Member

Jana De Jesus

Quarter 1 Learning Facilitator

John Albert Buenaventura

Quarter 2-4 Learning Facilitator

Contact

Reach out to our group through the following platforms below.

Our Address

H4Q5+684, Brgy Sto. Domingo, Ortigas Ave Ext, Cainta, Rizal

Email Us

thecroods.group5@gmail.com

Call Us

+63 9206792269

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