...connected to the internet either by phone, computers, or tablets. By being able to escape the real world and enter the “internet world” with a push of a button, more and more issues arise with your daily life, work, and relationships. Do you spend more time playing games, repeatedly checking texts, emails, websites or apps? Do you spend more time interacting on social media, rather than interacting with real people? If you answer “yes” to both of these questions, then you might have an online addiction. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), causes neurological complications, psychological disturbances, and social problems. With spending more time on social networking, dating apps, and texting, you get to a point where you care more about online friends then your real-life friends and relationships. Gaming, shopping, bidding, stock trading, are considered online compulsions. With these examples at your beck and call, can put you in financial trouble. Other effects of online addictions are increase in loneliness and depression, increase in stress, and disrupt your sleep. There are many steps to lessen the impact of online addictions. Developing coping skills will help to reduce urges to use the internet. Getting support from friends or family, logging your time, or set a timer. Or by substituting internet usage with other activities, like taking a walk, reading a book, or calling a friend. Smartphone Addiction. (n.d.). http://www.helpguide.org/articles/addiction/smartphone-and-internet-addiction...
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...Research Paper about Online Addiction Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Chapter I: The Problem and its Background Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Statement of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Statement of the Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Statement of Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Scope and Delimitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Chapter II: Review of Related Literature and Studies Foreign Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Local Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Foreign studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Local studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter III: Methodology Chapter IV: Interview Chapter V: Conclusion and...
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...Water pollution has become an issue of great concern in our society. Many of today’s water ecosystems and drinking water are being polluted and destroyed as we speak. There are many types of water ecosystems such as oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds witch provide homes to many different organisms. There are overwhelming factors that contribute to the problems of water pollution such as sewage, radioactive wastes, improper disposal of trash on land, and careless beachgoers. These are all significant problems that people do not realize until all of the damage is done. There are very few methods of controlling this pollution and more need to be developed in order to try and control these problems immediately. The first few causes of water pollution include sewage and nutrients from fertilizers being dumped into water. This causes a problem for all the organisms because the nutrients cause the algae and water plants to grow to abnormally large sizes. This can eventually block waterways. As the wastes decompose it uses up oxygen and blocks the flow of water in natural rivers and streams. Also, as these nutrients decompose in the water, they use up oxygen which can harm all the organisms living in the environment. Fish and other organisms living in water need oxygen just as much as humans need it. Since all aquatic organisms depend on oxygen in the water, without a sufficient supply they will not be able to survive. This would be a very dangerous thing. Anything that can decrease...
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...The immergence of the internet has allowed people to interact in new and extensive measures. In recent years, the internet has become the primary platform for people to connect and network with each other. People now turn to the internet to develop friendships, create business contacts and even to find love. The internet has essentially generated a platform to establish comprehensive, online communities. Through the analysis of fan communities, support communities, relationship communities, gaming communities and business communities, it is evident that the internet has developed a place where people can come together based on common interests and connect with one another. This online society, filled with various communities, poses both risk...
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...ONLINE GAMES IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS OF SOUTHHILL MONTESSORI SCHOOL, INC. A Research Paper Presented to Southhill Montessori School, Inc. Laguerta, Calamba City, Laguna In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in Advance English IV by: Cantre, William Joseph C. Lumbres, Rhea M. Melanio, Lawrence T. March 2015 APPROVAL SHEET In Partial fulfilment of the requirements in Advance English, this thesis entitled The Effect of Computer and Online Games in the Academic Performance of the Selected Highschool Students of Southhill Montessori School, Inc. prepared by the students researchers William Joseph C. Cantre, Rhea M. Lumbres, Lawrence T. Melanio and is hereby submitted for oral examination ____________________ ALVIN N. NAVARRO Subject Teacher ------------------------------------------------- PANEL OF EXAMINERS Examined and approved by the oral examination committee with a rating of ______ on February 07, 2015. __________________________ MRS.CRESENCIA M. COMIA Chairperson _________________________ __________________________ MR. BERNARDO R. TIMAJO MR. ALVIN N. NAVARRO Member Member Accepted and approved in Partial fulfilment of the requirements in Advance English, an Elective subject of English IV. __________________________ _________________________ MRS. CRESENCIA M. COMIA Principal Southhill Montessori School Inc. TITLE: The Effect of Computer and Online Games in the...
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...Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. Thank you for using WritePoint. Technology has revolution the way we engage in the world today. Internet popularity and explosion of social networking sites have drastically alter people’s social interactions. At any given time, millions of people are engaged in texting, sending e-mails, surfing the web, social networking, or watching video in front of computer screens technology addicts’ nightmare, 2011. There is growing alienation between individuals, between families, and between humankind and nature. This is especially worse in children, who are [Writing suggestion: rewrite the sentence to remove "who are"] highly impressionable and still developing their social skills. From a young age, children are constantly exposed to technology in the form of animated shows in television, interactive computer software and cell phones (Brunt field, 2010). There is no more quiet time to simple relaxed and...
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...The Negative Aspects of Multi Media Katie McMullin Breckinridge School of Nursing The Negative Aspects of Social Media The influence of media on children today is profound. Today’s society is dependent upon multimedia daily. Media comes in many forms such as television, internet, video games and music videos. It effects children in many ways and has been known to cause depression, aggression, isolation and nutrition deficiency. Advertisements influence how our children preserve themselves and make them susceptible to alcohol, smoking and sex. The negative aspects of multimedia have left our children without the proper tools to live life without electronics. This leaves our youth not having the skills to communicate face to face without Discomfort, anxiety. Depression, aggression, and the feeling of isolation. Television Television has the potential to be beneficial or harmful to children. The benefits to watching TV is that there are educational shows such as Animal Planet, documentaries and some educational cartoons. For these purposes the TV can aid in the development of our children but where do the parents draw the line? TV is not being watched for beneficial purposes and turn into a negative aspect in our children’s lives. It has been shown that people have little brain activity while they are watching TV. According to The Journal of Cognitive Liberties “For a brain to comprehend and communicate complex meaning, it must be in a state of “chaotic disequilibrium...
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...In 21st century that we live in, communication can be done in many different ways other than conventional speaking right in front of each other. The reason for that is because of the existence of communication technology and the wide interest in this technology from people around the world. Communication technology is improving as we speak and more important sector is depending on it to gain benefits such as business and politics. Communication technology includes telephone, radio, television, internet, and social media. Communication Technology impact on public and private life Communication Technology has a profound impact on both public and private life. In public life communication technology serve more advantages than disadvantages. We can find friends through social media or online game sites, we can even find suitable partner through dating sites. The disadvantages are that people can provide false information and exploit the advantages of social media on people public life and cause misunderstanding, loss of properties or sometimes even lives. In private life, the disadvantages are more than the advantages. The advantages are that we can communicate and stay connected with our family or friends online, but it is also easy for hackers to access our personal profile online. Many cases have been reported that such incidents do frequently happen. For example, taken from a website;” Gang Used Social Media Sites to Identify Potential Victims” (Teen Prostitution 2012)....
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...LASTONESTANDING.COM Executive Summary Lastonestanding.com will be a premier social networking/dating website with a unique approach when bringing together people with similar interests; it will be designed for single people who are their last in their social circle to get married and for the recently single or divorced who have a circle of married friends. By combining the latest internet and cell phone technologies and by changing the format of what is offered by popular social networking/dating websites, it will provide its members with features such as access to members’ video profiles, instant smart phone notifications when a match is found as well as the capability to post and see video postings from other members. Lastonestanding.com will also innovate the industry by providing its members with the ability to interact with their potential matches prior to their first meeting either by instant messaging, chat or video chat via its exclusively designed smart phone application. The social networking/dating industry has become increasingly popular and has grown tremendously due to demand by people wanting to find companionship. That has happened because the dating world over the years has changed drastically since the days of face to face meetings or friends playing matchmakers. With the new age of technology in radio programs, cable television and the world wide web (Internet) this new evolution has trickled down to how to meet and connect with each other socially not...
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...The World Is Flat Flattener Information Technology Essay The World Is Flat is an international bestselling book by Thomas Friedman that analyzes globalization, primarily in the early 21st century. The title is a metaphor for viewing the world as a level playing field in terms of commerce, where all competitors have an equal opportunity. Globalization became more prominent during the last decades. Friedman argues that globalization made the world smaller and flatter, allowing all countries to take chance of the available opportunities equally. As Friedman describes in “The World is Flat” there are three eras of globalization and ten flatteners which made the world smaller, making it easier to communicate and share our knowledge. This paper deals with the flattener number 2 i.e.; “When the NetScape went Public” and associated developments after 2003 till date. Background Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times. In his famous book “The World is Flat” he identifies three eras of globalization. The first era, called "Globalization 1.0",between the years 1492, when Columbus set out to discover a new trade route to the New World, and 1800, made the world fall in size from large to medium. During this period, the strength of a country was based on the number of horsepower or the number of steam engines owned, compared with other countries. The second period - "Globalization 2.0", between the years 1800 and...
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...use this to get the interest of youths, they make friends with them and friendships turn into a more serious relationship that leads them to danger. Studies found out that users who engaged themselves to this are becoming victims of the said crimes. Other crimes conducted are swindling and fake job offers. Some of the College students fall for this kind of crime. To fulfill financial discrepancy they tend to look for job which offers easy process of earning money which those swindlers offer using SNS. In the end those who are being victimized by them who gave their profits to this are the loser. Another problem of Social Networking Sites is the Sexual predators. Sexual predators are probably the worst-feared online danger. Because Internet users can remain anonymous or lie about their identities, your children (and even some adults) really...
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...salesman with huge dreams that never seemed to materialize. “Imagine what life will be like,” he’d say, “when I make a million dollars.” While he dreamed of selling a screenplay, in reality he sold kitchen cabinets. And not that well. We sometimes lived paycheck to paycheck off my mom’s nurse-practitioner salary. Dad believed money would solve all his problems. At 22, so did I. When I walked onto that trading floor for the first time and saw the glowing flat-screen TVs, high-tech computer monitors and phone turrets with enough dials, knobs and buttons to make it seem like the cockpit of a fighter plane, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. It looked as if the traders were playing a video game inside a spaceship; if you won this video game, you became what I most wanted to be — rich. It was a miracle I’d made it to Wall Street at all. While I was competitive and...
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...Smoking Definition Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, too, and one with serious health consequences. Smoking risks Smoking is recognized as the leading preventable cause of death, causing or contributing to the deaths of approximately 430,700 Americans each year. Anyone with a smoking habit has an increased chance of lung, cervical, and other types of cancer; respiratory diseases such as emphysema, asthma, and chronic bronchitis; and cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, and atherosclerosis (narrowing and hardening of the arteries). The risk of stroke is especially high in women who take birth control pills. Smoking can damage fertility, making it harder to conceive, and it can interfere with the growth of the fetus during pregnancy. It accounts for an estimated 14% of premature births and 10% of infant deaths. There is some evidence that smoking may cause impotence in some men. Because smoking affects so many of the body's systems, smokers often have vitamin deficiencies and suffer oxidative damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are molecules that steal electrons from other molecules, turning the other molecules into free...
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...Cell Phones are Dangerous Back when cell phones were first invented, they were very bulky and do not look anything like they do today. Those bulky cell phones were only popular among the riches who were the only ones that could afford one. That is why cell phones back then were a luxury and was not very much of a need at all. The bulky cell phones could not do much because all it could pretty much do is make phone calls like a home phone. The only difference between a home phone and a bulky cell phone was that the cell phone you could carry around with yourself. In today’s society, cell phones are pretty much a need among most people. They can make phone calls, send text messages, send emails, play games, roam the internet, pay bills and use social media. The funny part is, that is only the most important things the cell phone can do and can do much more. The scary thing with these cell phones are that pretty much anyone can learn how to use one. It is no longer a luxury item. According to Kathleen O’Brien, “They were luxury items, and use of them in public was a flamboyant declaration that the owner had money to burn” (86). These cell phones have taken over peoples life’s and will continue to do that. The cell phones are also no longer bulky and are as slim as it can get. These cell phones can easily slide into anyone’s pocket with no problem. There are many different kinds of cell phones that can do many different thing with the new technology we have today. The problem with...
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...EFFECTS OF COMPUTER GAMING ON NEUST STUDENTS’ IN CABANATUAN CITY 1. FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. THE REPORT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2. BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1. ACTIVE USER PERSPECTIVES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1.1. Important studies ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1.2. Problems with the Active User perspective ............................................
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