This document discusses the social impacts of gaming addiction. It notes that gaming addiction can lead to isolation from socializing and prioritizing gaming over important real-life activities. While some argue gaming addiction is similar to drug addiction, it has not been recognized as an official disorder due to lack of research. Gaming can benefit society through applications in education and job training, but excessive gaming can negatively impact social skills and mental health through lack of sleep, mood swings, and neglect of responsibilities. More research is still needed to fully understand the impacts and potential recognition of gaming addiction as a disorder.

1. Social Impact of Gaming Addiction
By Pav, Jordan and Harry

2. What is associated with Gaming Addiction?
Emotional/Physical Attachment to a game
Possible struggle with socializing
Prioritising gaming over important things in life
Gaming withdrawal

3. How is it related to the social aspect?
Gaming addiction could make you house bound
No real life interaction
Time consuming
Online communities

4. Is Gaming addiction a disorder?
The straightforward answer is no (for now).
There is not enough research, since it is still a relatively new concept, to suggest
that games cause problems that weren’t already present.
Many specialists believe people play games as to escape other issues within their
personal lives.

5. Is Gaming addiction a disorder? (continued)
Without considering the external factors parents may point the finger to video
game addiction when a child may in fact be dealing with issues in the real world
There is no solid evidence to support the fact that Gaming can cause serious harm
compared to other main disorders such as gambling, drug addiction.
Therefore it hasn’t been recognised as a disorder.

6. Research on Gaming Addiction at NTU
http://ytcropper.com/cropped/R858b79082e41d6

7. Research Report on Gaming Addiction
“Some games are known to have addictive features within them, such as CS-GO
One such platform is CSGO Lounge.” (Mark Griffiths)
There are websites that allow people to place bets (real money) on the outcome
of a match in a video game
This has a direct link to gambling, with similar features
Suggests that there are features which make it addictive
Some in game items can only be acquired by going to real life
gaming events.

8. Will it be recognised as a disorder one day?
This is very much debatable. But there are advances in trying to do so
Argument:
Gaming addiction is similar to that of a drug addiction.
From an insert in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual… (Right)

9. Will it be recognised as a disorder? (continued)
Counter Argument:
A small percentage have only show symptoms of ‘Gaming Addiction’
A research report by Oxford University, from 2016, included a survey which tested
against one section from the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
It found over half of the sample of 19,000 men and women surveyed from around
the world, said they had played a game recently.

10. How does Gaming benefit society?
Greatly Benefits the performance of surgeons
Provide a good starting point for learning
laparoscopic surgery
Researchers have proved that surgeons that
play or have played video games have much
better speed and make less errors.

11. Serious Games in Education
Serious gaming is an example of how gaming can be useful for education.
Serious games is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure
entertainment.
The ideas stems from simulations such as flight simulators
The idea can be modified to educating people.
This way of educating can be a have great success
Some research that we found strongly backs this up.

12. RICHARD BLUNT. (December 2009). Do Serious Games Work? Results from Three Studies. Available:
http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=1661378. Last accessed 24th November 2016.

13. Serious Games and their role in Society and Education
Gaming can help develop the skills for special
needs groups
Brainwave biofeedback that can help people
with attention disorders
Can help with rehabilitation for people with
health conditions
Video games can be seen as educational
research tools

14. Effects of Gaming Addiction
Headaches - Long term sitting and staring at a screen can often cause
headaches.
Sleeplessness - Gaming can cause people to lose track of time and therefore
miss stuff they should have otherwise been or attended.
Feeling distant - Two variations, first would be for example missing out on
things. Second type being spaced out and not entirely with it.

15. Effects of Gaming Addiction
General health - Sitting down and looking at a screen is not a good way to keep
your yourself healthy. Not moving around for hours can have serious effects
on your health because it may cause your heart to become weak and lead to
other diseases.
Mood Swings - get so engrossed in their game that their moods can change
very quickly.

16. Social Advantage of Gaming Addiction
Normalisation - People can get worked up from everyday life or if a lot of things
in there life are changing. Having something that that can de stress and be
familiar to people can help out alot.
Corporate gains - Gaming addiction can cause high profit gains for the
corporations that sell these games.
Socialising - A lot of people play games with friends. Friendships and good
communication are created through gaming.

17. Social Disadvantage of Gaming Addiction
Isolation - Often shutting out interactions with family and friends and the real
world. This leads to people neglecting daily activities and hobbies
Lack of social skills - Linking to Isolation; can lead to
Gamers becoming shy without lack of human interaction
Reduced awareness of priorities - If Gamers spend an
Unappropriate time playing they can neglect daily
Activities and hobbies, as seen in the video
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18. Conclusion of Social Impact from Gaming Addiction
Jordan - Gaming can be a fun enjoyable aspect of life until it no longer has a
positive effect on a person’s wellbeing and lifestyle.
Pav- I think that games can help people get away from problems when times get
tough however I also believe there is a fine line between getting away from issue
in life and play too much.
Harry - I feel that gaming will start to become a bigger part of society with the
introduction of virtual training for future jobs, but adding onto that it may have a
further impact on those who suffer from gambling like addictions.

19. References
Aileen “adriane” Cerruda, 9th April 2014 “Gaming Addiction a Mental Disorder?” Website Article
(http://www.gosugamers.net/features/37828-gaming-addiction-a-mental-disorder)
https://youtu.be/R83287N6kFg - Two clips extracted from this Documentary
http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/video-games/gaming-changed/ - Lazy Gamer, image social disadvantages
https://videogamesandart.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/video-gamer-house-videosixteenbynine600.jpg - Video Gamer
Image
http://sheu.org.uk/sites/sheu.org.uk/files/imagepicker/1/eh203mg.pdf - Dr. Mark Griffiths, 2002, The educational benefits
of videogames
https://tibilog.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/hands-up.jpg?w=1200 - Hands up image on Final page
RICHARD BLUNT. (December 2009). Do Serious Games Work? Results from Three Studies.
http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=1661378. - Graph

20. References
http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30079/1/7570_Griffiths.pdf 2016, Dr. Mark Griffiths professor of Behavioural
Addiction international gaming research Unit nottingham trent University - Research Report
http://img.zanda.com/item/07091220000003/1024x768/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorder
s.jpg - Book by the American Psychiatric Association
http://kotaku.com/5978808/science-isnt-sure-yet-if-gaming-addiction-is-a-real-mental-disorder Extract from the
Diagnostic and statistical manual
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-11-04-what-percentage-people-who-play-video-games-are-addicted# - Oxford
University, Research report, gaming addiction 4th November 2016

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