What is eSports? A Beginner's Guide to Trends, Revenues, & Concerns
Competitive gaming (eSports) is a $1 billion dollar industry with millions of players competing for championships. Should we be concerned? Source: Game Quitters
Problem Gamers Speak Out
The US averages one Mass Shooting every 16 Days
Stop School Mass Shootings? Go after the video game and pharmaceutical industries. Includes the School Mass Shooter Risk Inventory! The recent rise in mass school shootings has resulted in a singular focus on the implement of destruction…guns. While gun control requires attention, as well as eventual legislation and regulation, gun…
What Is Gaming Disorder, and Should You Be Worried About It?
Gaming disorder is a condition recognized by the WHO in their International Classification of Disease. Learn about symptoms of video game addiction. Source: EverydayHealth.com
Logan Paul, and the toxic YouTube prank culture that created him, explained (via Vox)
Paul’s decision to post footage of a suicide victim stems from many popular pranksters’ “film first and think later” ethos. Source: Vox
Review into the non-educational use of mobile devices in NSW schools | Strategies and reports (via education.nsw.gov.au)
The Minister for Education launched a review into the use of mobile devices, primarily smartphones, in NSW schools. Source: education.nsw.gov.au
What Research Says About Video Games And Violence In Children (via NPR.org)
President Trump held a roundtable at the White House Thursday to discuss violent video games and how they relate to school shootings. NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Douglas Gentile, psychology professor at Iowa State University, about what research tells us about video games and violence in children. Source: NPR.org
The Need for a New Design Ethics
“How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds everyday” July 26, 2017 — 17 minutes Never before in history have such a small number of designers – a handful of young, mostly male engineers, living in the Bay Area of California, working at a handful of tech companies – had such a…
Kids Today…Are Screens Diminishing Empathy?
The following content is written by Matt Achhammer for the Empathy Project. https://www.facebook.com/EmpathyProjectOnline/ Empathy starts early. Some scientists theorize and show that we are effectively innately empathetic. That is, we have what are called mirror neurons in our brain that are able to connect on a basic empathetic level with…
How Screen Time Affects Your Kid’s Brain by Robert Locke
Ever wondered if all that screen time is negatively affecting your child’s brain? Bad news, I am afraid. According to all the experts, this electronic screen syndrome (ESS) is causing sleep deprivation, social isolation, behavior problems, and a hyper aroused nervous system. Some paediatricians have estimated that up to 80%…
