2007-10-25

Important Quotes

1) http://www.freewebs.com/pavga/videogameaddiction.htm
Quote: “Becoming addicted to video games can affect peoples social and just their daily normal lives.”
“ People have a lot of emotional stress these days and in these virtual worlds people can let it all out.”

2)
http://www.video-games-survey.com/2004_results.htm
Quote: “1 in every 2 of the Korean respondents said they played online games (results published January 2003.)”

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_language
Quote: “Body language is particularly important in group communications because for large groups it dominates the spoken word.”

4) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6193462.stm
Quote: “A study of people who play online computer games has found that 12% have signs of addiction.”

5) “Human values and the design of computer technology”
By Friedman, B. (1997)
P.377
Cambridge University Press
Quote: “rather than creating new kinds of communities, this technology often just creates false sense of connection and intimacy

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