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I pwnd U · Apr 03, 2008, 09:29 PM // 21:29

I wish I could have used all the articles but I had to use actual Journals so newspaper articles were off-limits as they are opinion based. Of course so are some of the journals but meh.

Fril Estelin · Apr 03, 2008, 10:39 PM // 22:39

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Originally Posted by I pwnd U

I wish I could have used all the articles but I had to use actual Journals so newspaper articles were off-limits as they are opinion based. Of course so are some of the journals but meh.

The first one is based on scientific (refereed) articles:
http://data.bolton.ac.uk/staff/jc4/u...ifferences.htm
http://data.bolton.ac.uk/staff/jc4/u...blications.htm
Charlton, J.P., & Danforth, I.D.W. (2007). Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing. Computers in Human Behavior, 23(3), 1531-1548.

(this journal is online but you need an Elsevier subscription to access it, I can access it for you if that would help you, PM me for that:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/jou...on#description )

The other ones are less scientifically acceptable, but still very relevant (being my self in the programme committees of various conferences, I can tell you for sure that the label "scientific" is sometimes VERY overrated)

You can find more useful references using Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl...es&btnG=Search

A simple google does not return much interesting pages, may be:
http://www.apa.org/science/psa/sb-anderson.html

Regarding feedback on your paper, I'm a bit busy now, but if it can wait, say, 2 weeks I'd be happy to help (though this is not my domain).

Edit: I read the last sentence of your document (Whether researchers admit it or not, video games are the learning tool of tomorrow.), it is too bold IMHO. This does not look like the result of a scientific reasoning/study but a (possibly biaised) opinion. Plus, you can't really claim a level of "scientific-ness" (from the references which are nicely formatted btw ) by concluding "against researchers". Objectivity requires to attack the theories, not the people stating them.

I pwnd U · Apr 03, 2008, 10:51 PM // 22:51

No that is an opinion, one that he allowed us to use in our conclusion. This teacher is odd and likes it when we do end up stating our opinion in the conclusion, could be because he himself is a pshycology researcher and likes to hear our take on the subject. After giving a presentation on video games in class based on our own surveys, he talked to me for about 45 minutes about it and what I thought. So while it is opinion and in almost every research paper out their opinions are bad, this one was allowed.

I did use google scholar to find some of the articles, other times I used WebFeat which is provided by my school. Google scholar usually returned the best results though tbh.

Fril Estelin · Apr 03, 2008, 10:58 PM // 22:58

Ok but at least don't start it with a "Whether researchers admit it or not", because with arguments like this, absolutely any theory can be defended (and I guess you see the bad consequences of that).

GL.

placebo overdose · Apr 03, 2008, 11:12 PM // 23:12

when i was young i had trouble reading and working in school then i played counter strike and i now know how to knife a terrorist

AidinSwiftarrow · Apr 04, 2008, 01:14 AM // 01:14

Oh yeah, I forgot, I learned to type very fast and usually accurately / correctly.

Redfeather1975 · Apr 04, 2008, 02:05 AM // 02:05

Any type of intense and/or prolonged stimulus has a large influence on the internalization process as well as the incentive motivation system.
Video games are just really difficult to pin down their degree of influence, as they are a virtual experience and people, who are of sound mind, know that.
However if people who aren't bonkers play enough violent video games it will influence their behaviour as well. Every form of prolonged and/or intense stimulus always does.
It is the way of adaptive neurochemistry.

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